Winnower

Museum number:

1-3949

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010003949

Alternate number:

947 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.114

Object count:

2

Count note:

1 bag of fragments

Description:

Winnower; twined. Warp is redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is sedge (Carex), red pattern is redbud.

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

Materials:

Redbud and Sedge

Taxon:

Carex and Cercis occidentalis

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1904

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 54.5 centimeters

Comment:

Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 6.

Loans:

S1961-1962 #9: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 11, 1961–August 25, 1961)

Images:

Legacy documentation: