Mush paddle

Museum number:
1-10126
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010126
Alternate number:
243 (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:
Mush paddle. Flat with squared blade. Made of oak. One side is slightly concave.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Avery, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Avery
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush paddles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in preparing (cooking) foods, especially acorn mush or soup. Concave side holds rocks when taking them out of soup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
11 centimeters and length 99 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "utawa" - acorn paddle. Photo: 15-2775. Published: Bureau of American Ethnology Bull. 78, fig. 38; Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 31.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #70: Samuel A. Barrett/David Wayne Peri (April 27, 1962–June 27, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-10126, described as Mush paddle. Flat with squared blade. Made of oak. One side is slightly concave.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-10126, described as Mush paddle. Flat with squared blade. Made of oak. One side is slightly concave.

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