Acorns

Museum number:
1-10864
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010864
Alternate number:
869 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Shelled.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Drum Valley, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tulare; Drum Valley
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Acorns
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Ready for grinding to make acorn meal.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card: "1", description is plural. Native name: acorn species called "ecin". Remarks: This species of oak occurs in the lower Sierra foothill region.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Acorns, accession number 1-10864, described as Shelled.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorns, accession number 1-10864, described as Shelled.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorns, accession number 1-10864, described as Shelled.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorns, accession number 1-10864, described as Shelled.

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