Seeds

Tools

Museum number:
1-10472
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010472
Alternate number:
556 (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
Object count:
100
Description:
Glossy light brown in appearance. The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 60 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae. 58 seeds of unknown Brassicaceae; 3 nutlets of Plagiobothrys sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae; 2 nutlets of Cryptantha sp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae. 2 seeds of Clarkia sp., clarkia, Onagraceae; 1 seed of Silene antirrhina L., sleepy catchfly, Caryophyllaceae; 1 floret of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; Picayune
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card "1", description is plural. Native name: "tcanta". For comparative purposes, cf. 1-10388, 1-10419, 1-10347, and 1-10441.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) and S2008-2009 #11: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (April 6, 2009–December 1, 2009)