Corn

Museum number:
2-17783
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020017783
Alternate number:
492 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.810
Description:
Ear of blue corn, 14 rows, shallow grain, flint. Tapered cob, big stem.
Donor:
George F. Carter
Collection place:
Chimayo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Santa Fe; Chimayo
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
George F. Carter
Collection date:
1940-1941
Taxon:
Zea mays
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.25 inches and width 1.75 inches
Loans:
S1975-1976 #39: Department of Nutritional Sciences (UC Berkeley) (December 2, 1975–December 18, 1975) and S1976-1977 #15: UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley (September 26, 1976–September 26, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Corn, accession number 2-17783, described as Ear of blue corn, 14 rows, shallow grain, flint. Tapered cob, big stem.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Corn, accession number 2-17783, described as Ear of blue corn, 14 rows, shallow grain, flint. Tapered cob, big stem.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corn, accession number 2-17783, described as Ear of blue corn, 14 rows, shallow grain, flint. Tapered cob, big stem.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Corn, accession number 2-17783, described as Ear of blue corn, 14 rows, shallow grain, flint. Tapered cob, big stem.

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