Seeds

Museum number:
1-10164
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010164
Alternate number:
283 (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. Foodstuff, specimen show the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Achyrachaena mollis Schauer, blow wives, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 128 florets of Briza minor L., lesser quaking grass or little quaking grass , Poaceae; 8 florets of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae; 5 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., brome mou, lop grass, soft brome, or soft chess, Poaceae; 2 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel., foxtail fescue or rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 floret of Avena barbata Pott ex Link, slender oat, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae; 1 fruit of Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip., Douglas' silverpuffs, Asteraceae.
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 samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Foodstuff. "Specimen shows the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card "1", description is plural.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) and S2008-2009 #11: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (April 6, 2009–December 1, 2009)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-10164, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Foodstuff, specimen show the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Achyrachaena mollis Schauer, blow wives, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 128 florets of Briza minor L., lesser quaking grass or little quaking grass , Poaceae; 8 florets of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae; 5 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., brome mou, lop grass, soft brome, or soft chess, Poaceae; 2 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel., foxtail fescue or rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 floret of Avena barbata Pott ex Link, slender oat, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae; 1 fruit of Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip., Douglas' silverpuffs, Asteraceae.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-10164, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Foodstuff, specimen show the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Achyrachaena mollis Schauer, blow wives, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 128 florets of Briza minor L., lesser quaking grass or little quaking grass , Poaceae; 8 florets of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae; 5 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., brome mou, lop grass, soft brome, or soft chess, Poaceae; 2 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel., foxtail fescue or rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 floret of Avena barbata Pott ex Link, slender oat, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae; 1 fruit of Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip., Douglas' silverpuffs, Asteraceae.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10164, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Foodstuff, specimen show the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Achyrachaena mollis Schauer, blow wives, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 128 florets of Briza minor L., lesser quaking grass or little quaking grass , Poaceae; 8 florets of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae; 5 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., brome mou, lop grass, soft brome, or soft chess, Poaceae; 2 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel., foxtail fescue or rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 floret of Avena barbata Pott ex Link, slender oat, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae; 1 fruit of Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip., Douglas' silverpuffs, Asteraceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10164, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Foodstuff, specimen show the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Achyrachaena mollis Schauer, blow wives, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 128 florets of Briza minor L., lesser quaking grass or little quaking grass , Poaceae; 8 florets of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae; 5 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., brome mou, lop grass, soft brome, or soft chess, Poaceae; 2 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel., foxtail fescue or rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 floret of Avena barbata Pott ex Link, slender oat, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae; 1 fruit of Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip., Douglas' silverpuffs, Asteraceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10164, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Foodstuff, specimen show the material as it is harvested before separating the seed and chaff. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Achyrachaena mollis Schauer, blow wives, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 128 florets of Briza minor L., lesser quaking grass or little quaking grass , Poaceae; 8 florets of Poa annua L., annual bluegrass, Poaceae; 5 florets of Bromus hordeaceus L., brome mou, lop grass, soft brome, or soft chess, Poaceae; 2 florets of Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel., foxtail fescue or rat-tail fescue, Poaceae; 1 floret of Avena barbata Pott ex Link, slender oat, Poaceae; 1 fruit of Madia sativa Molina, coast tarweed, Asteraceae; 1 seed of Lupinus sp., lupine, Fabaceae; 1 fruit of Microseris douglasii (DC.) Sch. Bip., Douglas' silverpuffs, Asteraceae.

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