Sifting tray

Museum number:
1-11907
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011907
Alternate number:
1038 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Small plate form sifting basket.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Maker or artist:
Julia Hunter
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Sifting basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 29.3 centimeters and height 8.3 centimeters
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 18: wunumo'l flat basket" Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 91. Per Ruth Merrill: Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Dogwood, weft is Redbud sapwood. Red pattern is Redbud bark.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11907, described as Small plate form sifting basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11907, described as Small plate form sifting basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11907, described as Small plate form sifting basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11907, described as Small plate form sifting basket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11907, described as Small plate form sifting basket.

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