Specimen, ethnobotanical; stems and seed pods, one bundle. Godetia. The specimen consists of fruits of Clarkia sp., possibly Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., Onagraceae.
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
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Foodstuff; "seed pods are gathered in this manner and allowed to dry and shell out.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
These seeds were sampled and sent to the Department of Food and Agriculture for identification by Kat Anderson and others in her lab. She is the ethnoecologist at the National Plant Data Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service at the University of California. The seeds were returned in December of 2009.
Loans:
S1969-1970 #3: University of California, Berkeley (July 7, 1969–December 14, 1970), 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)