Brush

Museum number:
1-10795
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010795
Alternate number:
790 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.5 centimeters and width 10.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "tinesil".
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 1-10795, described as Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 1-10795, described as Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-10795, described as Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-10795, described as Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-10795, described as Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-10795, described as Soap root fibre brush. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched together and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.

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