Salt and scoop

Museum number:
1-214286a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101214286a@2de
Accession number:
Acc.1443
Description:
Salt in 3 stages: (a & b) 2 jars of salt before grinding; c) salt after first stage of grinding; d) salt after completion of grinding process; e) mussel shell scoop used in dipping salt.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Salt Point, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma; Salt Point
Culture or time period:
Coast Miwok and Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
September 1961
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
Salt processing set. Salt used to flavor and preserve food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis. Giaque, Garrett, Goda Group. - Element: K, c/d refined parts per million: blank, Error: blank. Element: Ca, c/d refined ppm: blank, Error: blank. Element: Cr, c/d refined ppm: 9.9, Error: 0.0 Element: Mn, c/d refined ppm: 6.9, Error: 0.0 Element: Fe, c/d refined ppm: 40.3, Error: 4.0 Element: Ni, c/d refined ppm: 2.7, Error: 0.0 Element: Cu, c/d refined ppm: 2.4, Error: 0.0 Element: Zn, c/d refined ppm: 1.7, Error: 1.2 Element: Ga, c/d refined ppm: 1.5, Error: 0.0 Element: Hg, c/d refined ppm: 3.0, Error: 0.0 Element: As, c/d refined ppm: 1.2, Error: 0.0 Element: Pb, c/d refined ppm: 4.2, Error: 0.0 Element: Se, c/d refined ppm: 1.2, Error: 0.0 Element: Br, c/d refined ppm: 312.0, Error: 15.0 Element: Rb, c/d refined ppm: 2.4, Error: 0.0 Element: Sr, c/d refined ppm: 92.5, Error: 4.6 Element: Y, c/d refined ppm: 2.7, Error: 0.0 Element: Zr, c/d refined ppm: 7.7, Error: 2.6 Element: K, a/b unrefined parts per million: blank, Error: blank. Element: Ca
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt and scoop, accession number 1-214286a-e, described as Salt in 3 stages: (a & b) 2 jars of salt before grinding; c) salt after first stage of grinding; d) salt after completion of grinding process; e) mussel shell scoop used in dipping salt.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt and scoop, accession number 1-214286a-e, described as Salt in 3 stages: (a & b) 2 jars of salt before grinding; c) salt after first stage of grinding; d) salt after completion of grinding process; e) mussel shell scoop used in dipping salt.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt and scoop, accession number 1-214286a-e, described as Salt in 3 stages: (a & b) 2 jars of salt before grinding; c) salt after first stage of grinding; d) salt after completion of grinding process; e) mussel shell scoop used in dipping salt.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt and scoop, accession number 1-214286a-e, described as Salt in 3 stages: (a & b) 2 jars of salt before grinding; c) salt after first stage of grinding; d) salt after completion of grinding process; e) mussel shell scoop used in dipping salt.

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