Brush

Museum number:
1-12212
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012212
Alternate number:
1269 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Soap root fiber brush.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu)
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used in meal making (acorn milling).
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 91: "heyem Soaproot brush for acorn milling. The interpreter who has been in Maidu country (he is 1/2 Maidu) says they use this for acorn milling and one made of anise for comb. Yuki use anise only. Yuki use milling brush for sweeping baskets. Use anise root brush for washing baskets (same as Pomo).
Loans:
S1964-1965 #69: Susan Mandelbaum (March 9, 1965–March 11, 1965) and S1970-1971 #56: California State University, Chico (November 24, 1970–October 18, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-12212, described as Soap root fiber brush.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-12212, described as Soap root fiber brush.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-12212, described as Soap root fiber brush.

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