Smoother

Museum number:
2-5294
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3282 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Wooden tool for smoothing the ridges in tule mats raised by threading them with needles.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Chehalis County, Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Chehalis
Culture or time period:
Chehalis from Washington
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Used to smooth the ridges in tule mats raised by threading them with needles.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Smoother, accession number 2-5294, described as Wooden tool for smoothing the ridges in tule mats raised by threading them with needles.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoother, accession number 2-5294, described as Wooden tool for smoothing the ridges in tule mats raised by threading them with needles.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Smoother, accession number 2-5294, described as Wooden tool for smoothing the ridges in tule mats raised by threading them with needles.

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