Ca. 70 cc. of plant material. Tied in rectangular piece of blue denim shirt. Plant material, Antirrhinun majus, Coreopsis tinctoria, Coreopsis lancelata, Cosmos bipinnatus.
Donor:
Delila S. Gifford and Theodore D. McCown
Collection place:
Fort Tejon, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal and Ventureño
Collector:
Francis A. Riddell and Franklin Fenenga
Collection date:
November 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1948
Context of use:
Part of a Shaman's rain making kit, collected at Onyx, Kern County. Belonged to old Indian at Ft. Tejon about 100 years ago.