Seed beater

Museum number:
1-71231
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
With handle. Open diagonal twining. Contrast is provided by stripped vs. unstripped bark.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northern Sierras, Northern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Seed beaters
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
Used in harvesting seeds.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.5 centimeters, height 9 centimeters, and width 24 centimeters
Loans:
S2008-2009 #1: Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians (September 4, 2008–December 1, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-71231, described as With handle. Open diagonal twining. Contrast is provided by stripped vs. unstripped bark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-71231, described as With handle. Open diagonal twining. Contrast is provided by stripped vs. unstripped bark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-71231, described as With handle. Open diagonal twining. Contrast is provided by stripped vs. unstripped bark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-71231, described as With handle. Open diagonal twining. Contrast is provided by stripped vs. unstripped bark.

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