Brush

Museum number:
1-20992
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
267 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Soaproot fiber. Triangular, flat; fibers bunched together and bound with fiber and soaproot juice to form handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
California tribes and South Central Californian tribes
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16 centimeters and width 11.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 1-20992, described as Soaproot fiber. Triangular, flat; fibers bunched together and bound with fiber and soaproot juice to form handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 1-20992, described as Soaproot fiber. Triangular, flat; fibers bunched together and bound with fiber and soaproot juice to form handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-20992, described as Soaproot fiber. Triangular, flat; fibers bunched together and bound with fiber and soaproot juice to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-20992, described as Soaproot fiber. Triangular, flat; fibers bunched together and bound with fiber and soaproot juice to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-20992, described as Soaproot fiber. Triangular, flat; fibers bunched together and bound with fiber and soaproot juice to form handle.

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