Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-13444
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.292, Acc.295, Acc.296, Acc.298, and Acc.301
Description:
Basket for sifting manzanita flour (cuk unna). Materials are willow, redbud wood and redbud bark.
Donor:
Edward Sapir
Collection place:
Montgomery Creek, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Montgomery Creek
Culture or time period:
Northern or Central Yana
Collector:
Edward Sapir
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For sifting manzanita flour.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 33 centimeters
Comment:
Descrption: "(cuk unna)" Photo: "15-4784" Published: "A.R. 3:3, Pl. 3, g" Added in pencil: "Willow/redbud wood/redbud back" Remarks: Crossed out, "Red-bud materials For materials see Suplementary Cat. 1 Page 72
Loans:
S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971) and S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-13444, described as Basket for sifting manzanita flour (cuk unna). Materials are willow, redbud wood and redbud bark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-13444, described as Basket for sifting manzanita flour (cuk unna). Materials are willow, redbud wood and redbud bark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-13444, described as Basket for sifting manzanita flour (cuk unna). Materials are willow, redbud wood and redbud bark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-13444, described as Basket for sifting manzanita flour (cuk unna). Materials are willow, redbud wood and redbud bark.

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