Tobacco

Museum number:
1-10458
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010458
Alternate number:
468 (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, pulverized.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Fresno Flats, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; Fresno Flat
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Nicotiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Medicinal. "This powder may be taken with warm water or with pulverized clams as an emetic. Tobacco gathered when very green is stronger and much preferred for this purpose.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 1-10458, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical, pulverized.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 1-10458, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical, pulverized.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 1-10458, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical, pulverized.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 1-10458, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical, pulverized.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 1-10458, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical, pulverized.

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