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Object Number 08-4-10/73130
Display Title Seed beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Basketry seed beater, ladle-shaped, with handle, cloth strip mend.
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maidu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 44.5 x 30 cm (6 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73130
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908 - June 1908)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1908 - 1908)

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