Seeds

Museum number:
1-10178
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010178
Alternate number:
298 (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:
Specimen, ethnobotanical; small, angular, light brown seeds, used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., winecup clarkia, Onagraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 2 seeds of Silene gallica L., French catchfly, Caryophyllaceae 1 seed of Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., red maids, Portulacaceae
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Chicken Ranch, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Chicken Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Foodstuff.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count on card "1", description is plural.
Loans:
S2008-2009 #11: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (April 6, 2009–December 1, 2009)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-10178, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; small, angular, light brown seeds, used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., winecup clarkia, Onagraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 2 seeds of Silene gallica L., French catchfly, Caryophyllaceae 1 seed of Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., red maids, PortulacaceaeHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seeds, accession number 1-10178, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; small, angular, light brown seeds, used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., winecup clarkia, Onagraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 2 seeds of Silene gallica L., French catchfly, Caryophyllaceae 1 seed of Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., red maids, Portulacaceae
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10178, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; small, angular, light brown seeds, used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., winecup clarkia, Onagraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 2 seeds of Silene gallica L., French catchfly, Caryophyllaceae 1 seed of Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., red maids, PortulacaceaeDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10178, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; small, angular, light brown seeds, used as food. The main component of the specimen consists of seeds of Clarkia purpurea (Curtis) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr., winecup clarkia, Onagraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 2 seeds of Silene gallica L., French catchfly, Caryophyllaceae 1 seed of Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., red maids, Portulacaceae

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