Winnowing basket

Museum number:
1-10090
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010090
Alternate number:
199 (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:
Winnowing basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is maple bark. Triangular and flat in form, openwork diagonal twined. No decoration. Rim is somewhat damaged.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Murphys, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Murphys
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
F. M. Harrington and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Maple bark, Maple (wood), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to winnow and to clean seeds after harvesting them. Barrett notes that "the seeds are beaten on to this flat (basket) with a seed beater and then sifted by blowing and tossing. Then the seeds are deposited in the burden basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters and 54 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: tcama - seed beater; pusia - to clean up, i.e. sift. For materials, see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 37. Photo: 15-8271. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 54.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Winnowing basket, accession number 1-10090, described as Winnowing basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is maple bark. Triangular and flat in form, openwork diagonal twined. No decoration. Rim is somewhat damaged.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Winnowing basket, accession number 1-10090, described as Winnowing basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is maple bark. Triangular and flat in form, openwork diagonal twined. No decoration. Rim is somewhat damaged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing basket, accession number 1-10090, described as Winnowing basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is maple bark. Triangular and flat in form, openwork diagonal twined. No decoration. Rim is somewhat damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing basket, accession number 1-10090, described as Winnowing basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is maple bark. Triangular and flat in form, openwork diagonal twined. No decoration. Rim is somewhat damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing basket, accession number 1-10090, described as Winnowing basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is maple bark. Triangular and flat in form, openwork diagonal twined. No decoration. Rim is somewhat damaged.

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