Stems

Museum number:
1-10224
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010224
Alternate number:
344 (original number) and TEMP 2019.0001 (associated catalog number, possible match)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Stems, etc. of Centaurium exalatum. Used as a medicine; it is "good for toothache or stomachache or other internal aches. It is also good for consumption" - Samuel A. Barrett. Barrett's last remark most likely refers to its edibility. It was most commonly consumed in liquid form.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bull Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Bull Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a medicine; it is "good for toothache or stomachache or other internal aches. It is also good for consumption" - Samuel A. Barrett. Assumedly, Barrett's last remark refers to its edibility. It was most commonly consumed in liquid form.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
See TEMP 2019.0001 for possible match.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stems, accession number 1-10224, described as Stems, etc. of Centaurium exalatum. Used as a medicine; it is "good for toothache or stomachache or other internal aches. It is also good for consumption" - Samuel A. Barrett. Barrett's last remark most likely refers to its edibility. It was most commonly consumed in liquid form.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stems, accession number 1-10224, described as Stems, etc. of Centaurium exalatum. Used as a medicine; it is "good for toothache or stomachache or other internal aches. It is also good for consumption" - Samuel A. Barrett. Barrett's last remark most likely refers to its edibility. It was most commonly consumed in liquid form.

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