Bundle of long hazel sprouts, both peeled and unpeeled. Native name: "lima" - scraped foundation sticks of any sort. Used in making large baskets--"large, coarse, coiled baskets," to be precise.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Avery, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Avery
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Coiled weaving
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in making large baskets--"large, coarse, coiled baskets," to be precise.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters and length 107 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "lima" - scraped foundation sticks of any sort. "Soluku" - hazel.