Scoop

Museum number:

1-9900

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010009900

Alternate number:

4 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254

Description:

Scoop; twined. Warp is Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Maple and possibly Willow (Salix).

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Jackson, Amador County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Amador; Jackson

Culture or time period:

Eastern Miwok

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1906

Materials:

Maple (wood) and Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Acer macrophyllum and Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving

Function:

1.2 Gathering

Accession date:

1906

Context of use:

Used as a winnower in the field and as a general receptacle around the house.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

36 centimeters and 11.5 centimeters

Comment:

Described by Barrett as being "old". Native name and meaning: tcama. For materials, see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 38.

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