Physical Object / Miwok stirring stick

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Title: Miwok stirring stick
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: McLean collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Technique: Looped stirring stick used for stirring while cooking and for removing cooking rocks from the mush in cooking basket and replacing them in the fire
Condition: Handle end has a few cracks along the sides. 3 1/2'' long section is broken off on one side.
Medium: Oak (?) with string
Creation/Production Credits: Digitization was completed by the Basket2Bytes Project at the University of California, Merced with funding provided by the Henry Luce Foundation
Type: physical object
Format: basket
Extent: 57 cm (length) x 10.1 cm (width) x 4.4 (height)
Identifier: ucm_mclean_020
Language: English
eng
Subject: Miwok baskets
McLean, Walter Doyle
Provenance: On long term loan from the Walter Doyle McLean Estate
Location: UC Merced Library Special Collections and Archives

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