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Title: Tamien winnowing basket
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880-1910
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: This basket was made by the Tamien people and used as a seed winnower or wallehin to separate seeds from the soil. The basket is made of local twined sedge, horsetail root, and willow or hazel. It has a woven diamond pattern with one row of dark across the back.
Type: image
Identifier: CF25B6B8-C042-4997-8B6B-084324679580
1977-925
Subject: Basket making
Tools (LCSH)
Food (LCSH)
Agriculture (LCSH)
Ohlone Indians (LCSH)
Indians of North America

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