Angelica

Museum number:
1-198226
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1408
Description:
Dried specimen of "angelica" plant, Lomatium californicum.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Hopland Rancheria, Hopland, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Hopland Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Central Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett and Susie Billie
Collection date:
1961
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
The oily, fragrant root is used mainly as a charm, a ritual purifier and internal and external medicine.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
When the roots are dug, a prayer and offering of beads are made to the plant. Susie Billie dug this specimen. called "bachowa" by the N. Pomo.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Angelica, accession number 1-198226, described as Dried specimen of "angelica" plant, Lomatium californicum.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Angelica, accession number 1-198226, described as Dried specimen of "angelica" plant, Lomatium californicum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Angelica, accession number 1-198226, described as Dried specimen of "angelica" plant, Lomatium californicum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Angelica, accession number 1-198226, described as Dried specimen of "angelica" plant, Lomatium californicum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Angelica, accession number 1-198226, described as Dried specimen of "angelica" plant, Lomatium californicum.

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