Winnower

Museum number:
1-16545
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Openwork. Very fragile. Frayed edges; grimy from use. Twill-twined in bands.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Pitt, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Pitt
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun and Wintu
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Winnowing basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 41 centimeters and length 50 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 69
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Winnower, accession number 1-16545, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Openwork. Very fragile. Frayed edges; grimy from use. Twill-twined in bands.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Winnower, accession number 1-16545, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Openwork. Very fragile. Frayed edges; grimy from use. Twill-twined in bands.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnower, accession number 1-16545, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Openwork. Very fragile. Frayed edges; grimy from use. Twill-twined in bands.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnower, accession number 1-16545, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Openwork. Very fragile. Frayed edges; grimy from use. Twill-twined in bands.

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