Botanical remains

Museum number:
2-59128
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3202
Description:
Saltbush twig. Atriplex canescens ("chamisa" or four-wing salt bush).
Donor:
Doris Howes Calloway
Collection place:
Keams Canyon, Navajo County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Navajo; Keams Canyon
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Doris Howes Calloway
Collection date:
1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical remains and Botanical samples
Context of use:
Used to make ash which is mixed with cornmeal.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters
Comment:
See p. 206 of article by collector (in accession envelope).
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Botanical remains, accession number 2-59128, described as Saltbush twig. Atriplex canescens ("chamisa" or four-wing salt bush).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Botanical remains, accession number 2-59128, described as Saltbush twig. Atriplex canescens ("chamisa" or four-wing salt bush).

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