Fiber

Museum number:
1-242953
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Circular silvery gray bundle of milkweed (Asclepias) fiber. Gathered after stems have rotted.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
San Joaquin Valley, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
1968
Taxon:
Asclepias
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Used by Western Mono and Foothill Yokuts for carrying nets, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiber, accession number 1-242953, described as Circular silvery gray bundle of milkweed (Asclepias) fiber. Gathered after stems have rotted.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber, accession number 1-242953, described as Circular silvery gray bundle of milkweed (Asclepias) fiber. Gathered after stems have rotted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber, accession number 1-242953, described as Circular silvery gray bundle of milkweed (Asclepias) fiber. Gathered after stems have rotted.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber, accession number 1-242953, described as Circular silvery gray bundle of milkweed (Asclepias) fiber. Gathered after stems have rotted.

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