Seeds

Museum number:
1-14113
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, Poaceae
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used as food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1" Description indicates plural "seeds.
Loans:
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, PoaceaeHearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, PoaceaeHearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, PoaceaeHearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, PoaceaeHearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, Poaceae
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, PoaceaeDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, PoaceaeDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-14113, described as Very small seeds, slender and slightly curved in shape; used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Madia glomerata Hook., mountain tarweed, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 10 Sanguisorba cf. annua (Nutt. ex Hook.) Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray, prairie burnet, Rosaceae 4 florets of Elymus spp., Poaceae 3 fruits of Polygonum sp., knotweed, Polygonaceae 2 Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth., dwarf checkerbloom, Malvaceae 2 seeds of Collomia sp., Polemoniaceae 1 floret of Poa secunda J. Presl, Sandberg bluegrass, Poaceae

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