Tongs

Museum number:

1-9964a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21019964a@2cb

Alternate number:

71 (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:

Pair of tongs. Made of wood. Used in handling hot rocks when cooking.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Secret Diggings, Calaveras County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Calaveras; Secret Diggings

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used in handling hot rocks when cooking.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

Native name and meaning: pinita. Photo: Neg. 2775. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 31.

Loans:

S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964)

Legacy documentation: