Winnowing tray

Museum number:
1-230636
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
62 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Close diagonal twining, rounded triangular shape, 2 bands of design in pale brown and 2 rows of checks above. Broken and mended on one side. Willow warp and weft, half-peeled willow for brown designs.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Likely, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Likely ("Paviotso of NE. Calif., purch. from Achomawi at Likely, Calif.")
Culture or time period:
Achumawi and Northern Paiute
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Winnowing tray. For winnowing chaff from seeds, and as a meal receptacle placed under or in front of the metate when grinding. Used for parching seeds with hot coals when old and worn.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 42 centimeters and length 49 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "tsamun lu" (from verb "to roll"). Made by: women. References: Kelly: Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute AAE 31:3.
Loans:
S1976-1977 #58: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (March 5, 1977–March 5, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-230636, described as Close diagonal twining, rounded triangular shape, 2 bands of design in pale brown and 2 rows of checks above. Broken and mended on one side. Willow warp and weft, half-peeled willow for brown designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-230636, described as Close diagonal twining, rounded triangular shape, 2 bands of design in pale brown and 2 rows of checks above. Broken and mended on one side. Willow warp and weft, half-peeled willow for brown designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-230636, described as Close diagonal twining, rounded triangular shape, 2 bands of design in pale brown and 2 rows of checks above. Broken and mended on one side. Willow warp and weft, half-peeled willow for brown designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-230636, described as Close diagonal twining, rounded triangular shape, 2 bands of design in pale brown and 2 rows of checks above. Broken and mended on one side. Willow warp and weft, half-peeled willow for brown designs.

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