Stems

Museum number:
1-21031
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
279 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Split black stems of the unicorn plant (Martynia).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
California tribes and South Central Californian tribes
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Taxon:
Martynia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Used in making black basketry patterns.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
One bundle.
Loans:
S1981-1982 #54: University of California, Davis (March 18, 1982–December 17, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stems, accession number 1-21031, described as Split black stems of the unicorn plant (Martynia).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stems, accession number 1-21031, described as Split black stems of the unicorn plant (Martynia).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stems, accession number 1-21031, described as Split black stems of the unicorn plant (Martynia).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stems, accession number 1-21031, described as Split black stems of the unicorn plant (Martynia).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stems, accession number 1-21031, described as Split black stems of the unicorn plant (Martynia).

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