Soaproot

Museum number:
1-10928
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010928
Alternate number:
823 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Bulb.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Dunlap, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Dunlap
Culture or time period:
Western Mono
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Fiber from the old leaves of the soaproot is used in making the soaproot brush common throughout the southern Sierra region. The fresh bulb is used in washing, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "tsukcib
Loans:
S1975-1976 #95: Lawrence Hall of Science (June 10, 1976–January 6, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Soaproot, accession number 1-10928, described as Bulb.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soaproot, accession number 1-10928, described as Bulb.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soaproot, accession number 1-10928, described as Bulb.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soaproot, accession number 1-10928, described as Bulb.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soaproot, accession number 1-10928, described as Bulb.

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