Collection place: Northern California / Accession number: Acc.148 / Function: 8.1 Foods - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bread, accession number 1-4454a-f, described as Black acorn bread

Hearst Museum object titled Earth, accession number 1-4471, described as Red earth

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-4462, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; seeds; foodstuff. The main component of the specimen consists of florets of Pleuropogon californicus (Nees) Benth. ex Vasey var. davyi (L. D. Benson) But, Davy’s semaphoregrass, Poaceae. One floret opened to remove caryopsis for diagnostic measurement (placed in gelatin capsule). Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 1 spikelet of Alopecurus saccatus Vasey, Pacific foxtail, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Rumex sp., dock, Polygonaceae.

Hearst Museum object titled Shoots, accession number 1-4468a-c, described as Tule

Hearst Museum object titled Worms, accession number 1-4455, described as Ash army worms