Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-10065
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010065
Alternate number:
172 (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 possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Angels Camp
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Manuella
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
August 29, 1906
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Redbud
Taxon:
Acer macrophyllum, Cercis occidentalis, and Sporobolus rigens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a sifting tray.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 4.3 centimeters and diameter 36.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: hetalu. For materials, see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 39.
Loans:
S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974) and S1974-1975 #49: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 14, 1975–January 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.

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