Stems, etc. of Centaurium exalatum. Used as a medicine; it is "good for toothache or stomachache or other internal aches. It is also good for consumption" - Samuel A. Barrett. Barrett's last remark most likely refers to its edibility. It was most commonly consumed in liquid form.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bull Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Bull Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used as a medicine; it is "good for toothache or stomachache or other internal aches. It is also good for consumption" - Samuel A. Barrett. Assumedly, Barrett's last remark refers to its edibility. It was most commonly consumed in liquid form.