Salt grass

Museum number:
1-19799
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Accession number:
Acc.508
Description:
Pulverized salt grass. Salt grass ball broken, remains in bottle.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman and University Appropriation
Collection place:
South Fork of Kern River, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; South Fork of Kern River
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June 1916
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Used as relish and laxative.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Salt grass, accession number 1-19799, described as Pulverized salt grass. Salt grass ball broken, remains in bottle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt grass, accession number 1-19799, described as Pulverized salt grass. Salt grass ball broken, remains in bottle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt grass, accession number 1-19799, described as Pulverized salt grass. Salt grass ball broken, remains in bottle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Salt grass, accession number 1-19799, described as Pulverized salt grass. Salt grass ball broken, remains in bottle.

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