Ma A Po I Sifter
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: "MADE OF THE PREPARED ROOTS OF KAHURN, CAREX MENDOCINOENSIS AND THE BARK OF SHOOTS OF MULE, CEREIS OCCIDENTALIS."FROM CARD: "203,276 A. SIFTING BOWL OF THE YOKAIA INDIANS (KULANAPAN STOCK), MADE OF KAHUM, OR CALIFORNIA SEDGE (CAREX MENDOCINENSIS), AND MULE, OR STEMS OF REDBUD (CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS). THE TEXTURE IS IN SINGLE-TWINED WEAVING, STRENGTHENED WITH RINGS OF TI WEAVING, IN WHICH THE TWINE IS REENFORCED BY THE INSERTION OF A COILED STEM. ORNAMENTATION, A SINGLE BAND OF THREE LINES IN BROWN. SHALLOW BOWL OR DISH USED IN SIFTING ACORN MEAL, IN WHICH OPERATION THE DISH IS SLIGHTLY TILTED AND STRUCK SHARPLY WITHIN WITH THE FINGER TIPS. CAUSING THE COARSE MEAL TO SPILL OVER THE EDGE. DIAMETER 15 1/2 INCHES. RUSSIAN RIVER, MENDOCINO CO., CALIFORNIA. 1889. 203,276."
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: E203276-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 39.4 cm