Clay ball

Museum number:
1-10946
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010946
Alternate number:
935 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Specimen, mineral; clay (winati), one lump; “This clay is said by Indians to be the proper kind for pottery making. It has a yellowish color and in this specimen there are many particles of sibicious and micaceous sand. Informants say, however, that the best pots are made from the clay dug from several feet underground where there is no admixture of sand or other foreign material”.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dunlap, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Dunlap
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balls (object genres)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used in pottery making.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "winati" Remarks: "This clay is said by the Indians to be the proper kind for pottery making and much better than 10878-9. It has a yellowish color and in this specimen there are many particles of sibicious and micaceous sand. Informants say, however, that the best pots are made from the clay dug from several feet under ground where there is no admixture of sand or other foreign material.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay ball, accession number 1-10946, described as Specimen, mineral; clay (winati), one lump; “This clay is said by Indians to be the proper kind for pottery making. It has a yellowish color and in this specimen there are many particles of sibicious and micaceous sand. Informants say, however, that the best pots are made from the clay dug from several feet underground where there is no admixture of sand or other foreign material”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay ball, accession number 1-10946, described as Specimen, mineral; clay (winati), one lump; “This clay is said by Indians to be the proper kind for pottery making. It has a yellowish color and in this specimen there are many particles of sibicious and micaceous sand. Informants say, however, that the best pots are made from the clay dug from several feet underground where there is no admixture of sand or other foreign material”.

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