Roots

Museum number:
1-12850
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012850
Alternate number:
2134 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
roots used as food (tunuyu[?])
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
Oregon; Klamath Reservation
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as food.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
tunuyu" (Paiute word). No. Pieces: "1" Piece count based on description.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Roots, accession number 1-12850, described as roots used as food (tunuyu[?])Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Roots, accession number 1-12850, described as roots used as food (tunuyu[?])
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Roots, accession number 1-12850, described as roots used as food (tunuyu[?])Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Roots, accession number 1-12850, described as roots used as food (tunuyu[?])

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