Milkweed fiber

Museum number:
1-21682
Permalink:
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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:
North Fork Mono and 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:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21682, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21682, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21682, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21682, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21682, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Milkweed fiber, accession number 1-21682, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; milkweed fiber. Raw material for string.

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