Seed beater

Museum number:
1-11794
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Handle is Hazel bound with Hazel, padded with string wrapped in woolen manufactured cloth. Round deep basket in openwork twining. 6 rows of close twining at rim, remnant of handle is comm. twilled wool fabric over red. White cordage. Sewn closed with rawhide. Original splints which would be part of handle are missing.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Wakhtek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Wakhtek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 30 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1 Page 82.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11794, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Handle is Hazel bound with Hazel, padded with string wrapped in woolen manufactured cloth. Round deep basket in openwork twining. 6 rows of close twining at rim, remnant of handle is comm. twilled wool fabric over red. White cordage. Sewn closed with rawhide. Original splints which would be part of handle are missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11794, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Handle is Hazel bound with Hazel, padded with string wrapped in woolen manufactured cloth. Round deep basket in openwork twining. 6 rows of close twining at rim, remnant of handle is comm. twilled wool fabric over red. White cordage. Sewn closed with rawhide. Original splints which would be part of handle are missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11794, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Handle is Hazel bound with Hazel, padded with string wrapped in woolen manufactured cloth. Round deep basket in openwork twining. 6 rows of close twining at rim, remnant of handle is comm. twilled wool fabric over red. White cordage. Sewn closed with rawhide. Original splints which would be part of handle are missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11794, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Handle is Hazel bound with Hazel, padded with string wrapped in woolen manufactured cloth. Round deep basket in openwork twining. 6 rows of close twining at rim, remnant of handle is comm. twilled wool fabric over red. White cordage. Sewn closed with rawhide. Original splints which would be part of handle are missing.

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