Fan For Winnowing Seeds
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Leroy S. Dyar
label: Donor Name
content: Leroy S. Dyar
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HARVESTING FANS (SHA'PLASH) OF THE KLAMATH INDIANS (LUTUAMIAN STOCK). MADE OF TWIGS LAID LONGITUDINALLY AND HELD TOGETHER BY LOOSE-TWINED WEAVING OF THE SAME MATERIAL. USED BY THE WOMEN FOR BEATING RIPE SEEDS FROM GRASS AND OTHER PLANTS INTO THE CONICAL SEED BASKETS (YAKI). SOUTHWESTERN OREGON. 24,105; 153,166. FROM THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY A.S. GATSCHET AND L. S. DYAR." Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 12, Plateau, Fig. 10, p. 455.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oregon, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Klamath
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005319
label: USNM Number
content: E24105-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Flail