Seed beater

Museum number:
1-14408
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010014408
Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.341 and Acc.342
Description:
Seed beater. Parallel rods emerging from wrapped handle and twined to hoop and one split transverse rod. Used especially for chia.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Cahuilla Reservation, Riverside County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; Cahuilla Reservation. "Reservations west of the San Jacinto Range
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June-July 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used especially for chia.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-14408, described as Seed beater. Parallel rods emerging from wrapped handle and twined to hoop and one split transverse rod. Used especially for chia.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-14408, described as Seed beater. Parallel rods emerging from wrapped handle and twined to hoop and one split transverse rod. Used especially for chia.

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