Plant

Museum number:
1-10301
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010301
Alternate number:
520 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Stanislaus; Knights Ferry
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Plains Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Wash any sore with decoction and sprinkle on the powder, 1-10299. Good for man and beast. This plant grows in middle or late summer in a small rosette in dry, rocky soil. Said by Tom Williams to be cure for rattlesnake bite if applied immediately.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plant, accession number 1-10301, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plant, accession number 1-10301, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plant, accession number 1-10301, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plant, accession number 1-10301, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plant, accession number 1-10301, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plant, accession number 1-10301, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Euphorbia serpyllifolia: small plant with milky juice.

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