Seed Huller Or Roaster Basket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Aug 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. John W. Hudson
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MATERIALS, PREPARED ROOT OF KAHUM, CAREX MENDOCINOENSIS AND THE BARK OF SHOOTS OF MULE, CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS." 203,331 A. BASKET TRAY OF THE YOKAIA INDIANS (KULANAPAN STOCK). MADE FROM THE ROOT OF CHIKO, OR SITKA WILLOW (SALIX SITCHENSIS), AND THE SHOOTS OF MULE, OR REDBUD (CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS). THE SURFACE IS COVERED WITH A SPECIES OF WEAVING CALLED TI, IN WHICH AN ADDITIONAL ROD IS INSERTED UNDER THE TWINE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAY, INSIDE SHOWING PLAIN TWINED WEAVING. THERE IS A NARROW BAND OF THREE-PLY TWINE AT THE BOTTOM AND TWO ROWS OF THE SAME INSERTED IN THE BODY OF THE TRAY. THE BORDER IS FASTENED OFF WITH FOUR ROWS OF PLAIN TWINE. ORNAMENTAL BANDS OF GEOMETRIC FIGURES PRODUCED BY MEANS OF SPLIT REDBUD SHOOTS, THE BARK SIDE BEING BROWN AND THE INSIDE WHITE. USED FOR WINNOWING SEED. DIAMETER, 24 INCHES. RUSSIAN RIVER, MENDOCINO CO., CALIFORNIA, 1895. 203,331. FROM THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY DR. J. W. HUDSON.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pomo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 035435
label: USNM Number
content: E203331-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 61 cm