Brush

Museum number:
1-3935
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
933 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.111
Description:
Brush made of soap root. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched up and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tule River Reservation, Tulare County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tulare; Tule River Reservation
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
December 1903-January 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 8 centimeters and length 19.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 1-3935, described as Brush made of soap root. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched up and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 1-3935, described as Brush made of soap root. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched up and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-3935, described as Brush made of soap root. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched up and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-3935, described as Brush made of soap root. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched up and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-3935, described as Brush made of soap root. Flat, triangular. Fibers bunched up and bound with soap root juice and string to form handle.

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