Fungus sample

Museum number:
1-236793
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010236793
Accession number:
Acc.3234
Description:
Red fungus pigment found on red fir trees in the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
Donor:
Craig D. Bates
Collection place:
Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok and Mono Lake Northern Paiute
Collector:
Craig D. Bates
Collection date:
Circa 1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Context of use:
Raw material to be used as pigment.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
9.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fungus sample, accession number 1-236793, described as Red fungus pigment found on red fir trees in the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fungus sample, accession number 1-236793, described as Red fungus pigment found on red fir trees in the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada.

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