Milkweed fiber

Museum number:
1-21683
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010021683
Accession number:
Acc.545
Description:
Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
North Fork, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; North Fork
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
August 1918
Taxon:
Asclepias californica
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1918
Context of use:
For string.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1982-1983 #46: University of California, Santa Cruz (September 7, 1983–October 27, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21683, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21683, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21683, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21683, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21683, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21683, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.

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