Winnowing tray

Museum number:
1-10902
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010902
Alternate number:
914 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Winnower; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dunlap, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Dunlap
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Materials:
Redbud and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as a general receptacle, but particularly for the purpose of catching minnows in the creeks and ditches of the plains of the San Joaquin Valley when these dry up during the early summer. For this purpose the basket is used in the manner of a dip net.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 75 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "tcapai" in Endembitc Yokuts dialect. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, P. 75.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-10902, described as Winnower; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-10902, described as Winnower; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-10902, described as Winnower; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-10902, described as Winnower; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-10902, described as Winnower; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is string. Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

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