Digging stick

Museum number:
1-10019
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010019
Alternate number:
128 (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:
Digging stick, described by Barrett in 1906 as being “very old”. Used in gathering bulbs and roots, particularly in digging up potatoes ( known as olutcu) This stick is reported as having been made by Capt. McKenzie
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Rich Gulch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Captain McKenzie
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in gathering bulbs and roots, and particularly in digging up potatoes.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
1.7 centimeters and length 80.8 centimeters
Comment:
Described by Barrett in 1906 as being "very old". Native name and meaning: supe, potatoes = olutcu. Photo: 15-8276. Published: Milw. Pub 1. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 59.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Digging stick, accession number 1-10019, described as Digging stick, described by Barrett in 1906 as being “very old”. Used in gathering bulbs and roots, particularly in digging up potatoes ( known as olutcu) This stick is reported as having been made by Capt. McKenzieDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Digging stick, accession number 1-10019, described as Digging stick, described by Barrett in 1906 as being “very old”. Used in gathering bulbs and roots, particularly in digging up potatoes ( known as olutcu) This stick is reported as having been made by Capt. McKenzie

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