Corn

Museum number:
1-127386
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.UCAS-89
Description:
Corn cob with husk. According to Volney H. Jones (1973): "This item is a corn cob which is remarkably well preserved and fresh looking, with most of the somewhat shredded husks still attached. The cob is 11.2 cm. long, but a small portion of the tip has been consumed by insects. The cob formerly bore 12 rows of kernels, but none is now attached. Except in the immediate butt area, the rows are fairly straight and regular. The form is generally spindle-shaped, that is, tapering rather uniformly from the butt to the tip. In cross-section, the cob is elliptical or compressed at the butt end, with a maximum butt diameter of 2.8 cm. and a minimum butt diameter of 2.4 cm. By whatever standards it may be judged, this was a small ear of corn.
Donor:
University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), Amador County, California
Collector:
Adán Eduardo Treganza
Collection date:
October 1950
Taxon:
Zea mays
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Botanical samples
Accession date:
October 3, 1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corn, accession number 1-127386, described as Corn cob with husk. According to Volney H. Jones (1973): "This item is a corn cob which is remarkably well preserved and fresh looking, with most of the somewhat shredded husks still attached. The cob is 11.2 cm. long, but a small portion of the tip has been consumed by insects. The cob formerly bore 12 rows of kernels, but none is now attached. Except in the immediate butt area, the rows are fairly straight and regular. The form is generally spindle-shaped, that is, tapering rather uniformly from the butt to the tip. In cross-section, the cob is elliptical or compressed at the butt end, with a maximum butt diameter of 2.8 cm. and a minimum butt diameter of 2.4 cm. By whatever standards it may be judged, this was a small ear of corn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corn, accession number 1-127386, described as Corn cob with husk. According to Volney H. Jones (1973): "This item is a corn cob which is remarkably well preserved and fresh looking, with most of the somewhat shredded husks still attached. The cob is 11.2 cm. long, but a small portion of the tip has been consumed by insects. The cob formerly bore 12 rows of kernels, but none is now attached. Except in the immediate butt area, the rows are fairly straight and regular. The form is generally spindle-shaped, that is, tapering rather uniformly from the butt to the tip. In cross-section, the cob is elliptical or compressed at the butt end, with a maximum butt diameter of 2.8 cm. and a minimum butt diameter of 2.4 cm. By whatever standards it may be judged, this was a small ear of corn.

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