Seed beater

Museum number:
1-12107
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012107
Alternate number:
1131 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Coated with grime from use (tarweed); some seeds stuck in. Handle looks relatively new; a bunch of shoots stuck through open holes and crudely wrapped and tied together. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot on the scoop, the handle is an unpeeled red shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The scoop is primarily plain twined. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is wrapped with a partially peeled shoots. The larger rods in the handle go to the center of the scoop and are bent back to join the handle. The slant of weft twist is up to the right. The warps are trimmed at the rim and handle.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Wailaki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-6629" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 59" Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12107, described as Coated with grime from use (tarweed); some seeds stuck in. Handle looks relatively new; a bunch of shoots stuck through open holes and crudely wrapped and tied together. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot on the scoop, the handle is an unpeeled red shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The scoop is primarily plain twined. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is wrapped with a partially peeled shoots. The larger rods in the handle go to the center of the scoop and are bent back to join the handle. The slant of weft twist is up to the right. The warps are trimmed at the rim and handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12107, described as Coated with grime from use (tarweed); some seeds stuck in. Handle looks relatively new; a bunch of shoots stuck through open holes and crudely wrapped and tied together. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot on the scoop, the handle is an unpeeled red shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The scoop is primarily plain twined. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is wrapped with a partially peeled shoots. The larger rods in the handle go to the center of the scoop and are bent back to join the handle. The slant of weft twist is up to the right. The warps are trimmed at the rim and handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12107, described as Coated with grime from use (tarweed); some seeds stuck in. Handle looks relatively new; a bunch of shoots stuck through open holes and crudely wrapped and tied together. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot on the scoop, the handle is an unpeeled red shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The scoop is primarily plain twined. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is wrapped with a partially peeled shoots. The larger rods in the handle go to the center of the scoop and are bent back to join the handle. The slant of weft twist is up to the right. The warps are trimmed at the rim and handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12107, described as Coated with grime from use (tarweed); some seeds stuck in. Handle looks relatively new; a bunch of shoots stuck through open holes and crudely wrapped and tied together. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot on the scoop, the handle is an unpeeled red shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The scoop is primarily plain twined. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is wrapped with a partially peeled shoots. The larger rods in the handle go to the center of the scoop and are bent back to join the handle. The slant of weft twist is up to the right. The warps are trimmed at the rim and handle.

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