Root

Museum number:
1-12208
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012208
Alternate number:
1265 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Specimen, ethnobotanical; root
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu)
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical remains
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as a drink and wash for rheumatism.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 89: "molomim tea drunk & used as bath for rheumatism". Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 21.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-12208, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; root
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-12208, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; rootDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-12208, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; rootDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-12208, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; root

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