Brush

Museum number:
1-4386
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004386
Alternate number:
214 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, Acc.138, and Acc.95
Description:
Soaproot fibers folded in half and tied together at proximal end with leather strips.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Briceland, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Briceland
Culture or time period:
Sinkyone
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and 1904
Context of use:
Used for acorn meal.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 12.2 centimeters and width 5.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Brush, accession number 1-4386, described as Soaproot fibers folded in half and tied together at proximal end with leather strips.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Brush, accession number 1-4386, described as Soaproot fibers folded in half and tied together at proximal end with leather strips.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Brush, accession number 1-4386, described as Soaproot fibers folded in half and tied together at proximal end with leather strips.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-4386, described as Soaproot fibers folded in half and tied together at proximal end with leather strips.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-4386, described as Soaproot fibers folded in half and tied together at proximal end with leather strips.

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