Seeds

Museum number:

1-10177

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010010177

Alternate number:

297 (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

Object count:

100

Description:

Foodstuff - Kotca. The main component of the specimen consists of fruits of Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., red-maids, Portulacaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 17 seeds of Silene gallica L., common catchfly, Caryophyllaceae.

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. Native name: "kotca".

Loans:

S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990) and 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)

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