Water breaker

Museum number:
1-3998
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
996 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Water breaker/filter; stems bound with blue-dyed cloth strip- for breaking fall of water when leaching acorns
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Filter for leaching acorns.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-3998, described as Water breaker/filter; stems bound with blue-dyed cloth strip- for breaking fall of water when leaching acorns
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-3998, described as Water breaker/filter; stems bound with blue-dyed cloth strip- for breaking fall of water when leaching acornsDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-3998, described as Water breaker/filter; stems bound with blue-dyed cloth strip- for breaking fall of water when leaching acornsDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-3998, described as Water breaker/filter; stems bound with blue-dyed cloth strip- for breaking fall of water when leaching acorns

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