Winnowing tray

Museum number:
1-211533
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010211533
Alternate number:
1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Basketry tray. Wide spaced coiling on grass bundle foundation. Sewing strands of sedge root and bracken fern root. Design in black rectangles.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
James A. Barr
Collection date:
1880-1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Meal shaking plaque, for segregating acorn meal, and for winnowing and parching seeds.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 48 centimeters
Comment:
Additional original number: 170.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #2: unknown borrower (July 13, 1972–July 18, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-211533, described as Basketry tray. Wide spaced coiling on grass bundle foundation. Sewing strands of sedge root and bracken fern root. Design in black rectangles.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-211533, described as Basketry tray. Wide spaced coiling on grass bundle foundation. Sewing strands of sedge root and bracken fern root. Design in black rectangles.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-211533, described as Basketry tray. Wide spaced coiling on grass bundle foundation. Sewing strands of sedge root and bracken fern root. Design in black rectangles.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-211533, described as Basketry tray. Wide spaced coiling on grass bundle foundation. Sewing strands of sedge root and bracken fern root. Design in black rectangles.

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