Sifter

Museum number:
1-9936
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009936
Alternate number:
42 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Ione, Amador County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Amador; Ione
Culture or time period:
Plains Miwok
Maker or artist:
Mother of Sally Moman
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Brake fern and Sedge
Taxon:
Carex, Pteris quilina, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a sifter for acorn meal.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 39 centimeters and height 3 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: hetalu - S. Miwok term for flat winnower. Photo: 15-4967. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 49 & 50.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #132: California State University, East Bay/Vera Mae Frederickson (May 17, 1971–April 10, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.

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