Water breaker

Museum number:
1-10772
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010772
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Grass, one bundle. Middle of blades folded over and tied with string to form handle.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used to break the fall of water in leaching acorn meal.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 57.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "paca" - grass. "It is called djabax".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-10772, described as Grass, one bundle. Middle of blades folded over and tied with string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-10772, described as Grass, one bundle. Middle of blades folded over and tied with string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-10772, described as Grass, one bundle. Middle of blades folded over and tied with string to form handle.

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