Branch and leaves

Museum number:
1-10003
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010003
Alternate number:
112 (original number)
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:
Pepperwood (Umbellularia californica). Bound in head (forehead, usually) as a cure for headaches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Rich Gulch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Bound in head (forehead, usually) as a cure for headaches.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "lakola" - pepperwood. Photo: yes. Published: Milwaukee Publ. Museum Bull. v. 2, pl. 53.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Branch and leaves, accession number 1-10003, described as Pepperwood (Umbellularia californica). Bound in head (forehead, usually) as a cure for headaches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Branch and leaves, accession number 1-10003, described as Pepperwood (Umbellularia californica). Bound in head (forehead, usually) as a cure for headaches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Branch and leaves, accession number 1-10003, described as Pepperwood (Umbellularia californica). Bound in head (forehead, usually) as a cure for headaches.

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