Mush stirrer

Museum number:
1-10847
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
854 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Mush stirrer, made of bent oak limb. Used, but new in appearance. Note that the binding in this case is the inner bark of the oak.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Drum Valley, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush stirrers
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "caiyau".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush stirrer, accession number 1-10847, described as Mush stirrer, made of bent oak limb. Used, but new in appearance. Note that the binding in this case is the inner bark of the oak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush stirrer, accession number 1-10847, described as Mush stirrer, made of bent oak limb. Used, but new in appearance. Note that the binding in this case is the inner bark of the oak.

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