Seed beater

Museum number:
1-11994
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011994
Alternate number:
1165 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Maker or artist:
Dutchman
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 28 centimeters and length 53 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p.63: ...wil'k" Photo: 15-8665. Published: AAE XXIV 9 Pl 126 d. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 89. Per Ruth Merrill: Seed basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11994, described as Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11994, described as Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11994, described as Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11994, described as Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11994, described as Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.

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