Seed beater; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also peeled Hazel. Handle is made of Hazel, covered with Rabbit (?) skin and fastened with skin.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Hazel shoots and Rabbit fur
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1903 and February 25, 1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 30 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE, I, Pl 23, fig 2" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 9
Loans:
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)