Stirring paddle. Made of handcarved wood. Semi-circular blade. Carved decoration at proximal end. Polished from usage.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Charles P. Wilcomb
Collection date:
1898-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush paddles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used for stirring mush.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 7.6 centimeters and length 44 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #21: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College/Everett F. McCartney (October 22, 1964–November 17, 1964), S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981), S1981-1982 #43: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (February 19, 1982–April 13, 1982), and S1983-1984 #14: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Anderson (Hupa) (September 19, 1983–September 26, 1983)