Root

Museum number:
2-14332
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020014332
Accession number:
Acc.676
Description:
Root called ‘matadeso;’ used as medicine to dust on sores
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Yavapai; Prescott
Culture or time period:
Northeastern Yavapai
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
1932
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical remains and Medicines
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1932
Context of use:
Used as medicine to dust on sores.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Native name: "matadeso'
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Root, accession number 2-14332, described as Root called ‘matadeso;’ used as medicine to dust on soresHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Root, accession number 2-14332, described as Root called ‘matadeso;’ used as medicine to dust on soresHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Root, accession number 2-14332, described as Root called ‘matadeso;’ used as medicine to dust on sores
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 2-14332, described as Root called ‘matadeso;’ used as medicine to dust on soresDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 2-14332, described as Root called ‘matadeso;’ used as medicine to dust on sores

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