Mush paddle

Museum number:
1-259281
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4671
Object count:
1
Description:
Mush paddle, handle carved with diamond and circle shapes at top, and rectangular grip at paddle end.
Donor:
Frank G. Gist Jr.
Collection place:
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
United States, California, Sacramento.
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
Frank G. Gist Jr.
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
4-15-1995
Materials:
Maple (wood) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush paddles
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
March 1995
Accession date:
May 10, 1995
Context of use:
Used to stir acorn mush.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 45 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Comment:
Made on commission from the museum at the request of Ira Jacknis, Associate Research Anthropologist, in anticipation of exhibition and publication.
Loans:
S1994-1995 #4: unknown (1994–December 19, 1996) and S1995-1996 #3: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (July 16, 1995–July 16, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-259281, described as Mush paddle, handle carved with diamond and circle shapes at top, and rectangular grip at paddle end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-259281, described as Mush paddle, handle carved with diamond and circle shapes at top, and rectangular grip at paddle end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-259281, described as Mush paddle, handle carved with diamond and circle shapes at top, and rectangular grip at paddle end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush paddle, accession number 1-259281, described as Mush paddle, handle carved with diamond and circle shapes at top, and rectangular grip at paddle end.

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