Tobacco

Museum number:
2-59107
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
197721 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3171
Description:
Specimen mounted on sheet of paper; leaves, seeds, flowers of Nicotiana rustica L.
Donor:
University and Jepson Herbaria (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
New York state
Verbatim coll. place:
New York; New York
Culture or time period:
Iroquois
Collector:
A. C. Parker and Chief Cornplanter
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Nicotiana rustica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Context of use:
Used for smoking etc. by Native Americans; specimen sheet says: "Sacred Indian Tobacco" of the Iroquois.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
this species was native to eastern North America before the introduction of N. tabacum by Europeans
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 2-59107, described as Specimen mounted on sheet of paper; leaves, seeds, flowers of Nicotiana rustica L.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 2-59107, described as Specimen mounted on sheet of paper; leaves, seeds, flowers of Nicotiana rustica L.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco, accession number 2-59107, described as Specimen mounted on sheet of paper; leaves, seeds, flowers of Nicotiana rustica L.

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