Bread

Museum number:
2-59121
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020059121
Accession number:
Acc.3202
Description:
Piki bread". Finely ground blue corn meal mixed with very hot water to make batter.
Donor:
Doris Howes Calloway
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Doris Howes Calloway
Collection date:
1972
Taxon:
Zea mays
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Traditional Hopi bread.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 26.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: see p. 206 of article by Prof. Calloway in accession envelope.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bread, accession number 2-59121, described as Piki bread". Finely ground blue corn meal mixed with very hot water to make batter.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bread, accession number 2-59121, described as Piki bread". Finely ground blue corn meal mixed with very hot water to make batter.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bread, accession number 2-59121, described as Piki bread". Finely ground blue corn meal mixed with very hot water to make batter.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bread, accession number 2-59121, described as Piki bread". Finely ground blue corn meal mixed with very hot water to make batter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bread, accession number 2-59121, described as Piki bread". Finely ground blue corn meal mixed with very hot water to make batter.

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