Seeds

Museum number:
1-2909
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002909
Alternate number:
1123 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Ukiah Rancheria, Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Yokaia Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
September 1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Food
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
These seeds were sampled and sent to the Department of Food and Agriculture for identification by Kat Anderson and others in her lab. She is the ethnoecologist at the National Plant Data Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service at the University of California. The seeds were returned in December of 2009.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Seeds, accession number 1-2909, described as Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Seeds, accession number 1-2909, described as Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Seeds, accession number 1-2909, described as Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-2909, described as Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-2909, described as Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-2909, described as Psorelia macrostechia. The specimen consists of seeds of Hoita macrostachya (DC.) Rydb., leatherroot, Fabaceae.

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