Grains of corn and 5 beans. All but one bean lost to pests.
Donor:
C. E. Purviance
Collection place:
Nitsie (Nitsin) Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Navajo; Nitsie Canyon
Culture or time period:
Cliff Dwellers
Collector:
C. E. Purviance
Collection date:
1914-1915
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Botanical samples
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Orig. cat. and map for nos. 10551-10644 filed in Acc. envelope. The piece count of 20 was chosen arbitrarily. "Squash seeds called for in orig. cat. are missing.