Seeds

Museum number:
1-4034
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004034
Alternate number:
1032 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Allium sp., wild onion, Amaryllidaceae.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used as food. Eaten uncooked, unpounded.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card: "1", description is plural. Native name: "ceetin".
Loans:
S2009-2010 #8: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Deborah Meyer (February 12, 2010–July 30, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-4034, described as The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Allium sp., wild onion, Amaryllidaceae.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-4034, described as The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Allium sp., wild onion, Amaryllidaceae.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-4034, described as The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Allium sp., wild onion, Amaryllidaceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-4034, described as The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Allium sp., wild onion, Amaryllidaceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-4034, described as The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Allium sp., wild onion, Amaryllidaceae.

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