Root

Museum number:
1-10375
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010375
Alternate number:
B 40 (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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Chicken Ranch, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Chicken Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical remains
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
In case of bullet or arrow would chew up small piece of root and place resultant liquid in and on wound. Drink decoction for ague, heartburn, rheumatism, cough, cold, and consumption. Wash cuts and bruises. Chewed while traveling to ward off ague, etc
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Root, accession number 1-10375, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Root, accession number 1-10375, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-10375, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-10375, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-10375, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-10375, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical.

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