Wormwood

Museum number:
1-19552
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.100III
Description:
Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tuolumne, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Tuolumne
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
July 1913
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
August 1, 1913
Context of use:
Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wormwood, accession number 1-19552, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wormwood, accession number 1-19552, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wormwood, accession number 1-19552, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wormwood, accession number 1-19552, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wormwood, accession number 1-19552, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; Artemisia vulgaris. Placed in nostrils to keep head clear when crying.

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