Basket tapper

Museum number:
1-9479
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Wood, round, tapered; well polished from use.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for tapping acorn meal sifting basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 2.4 centimeters and length 25.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket tapper, accession number 1-9479, described as Wood, round, tapered; well polished from use.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket tapper, accession number 1-9479, described as Wood, round, tapered; well polished from use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tapper, accession number 1-9479, described as Wood, round, tapered; well polished from use.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tapper, accession number 1-9479, described as Wood, round, tapered; well polished from use.

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