Timpsila Braid
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) timpsila braid
label: Description (Brief)
content: Timpsila braided into a circle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Timpsila is a plant, and an important food source on the Great Plains. The braid is woven from the roots so the plant can be stored, like garlic. This braid was made by Linda Black Elk, an ethnobotanist and food sovereignty advocate who works with chef Sean Sherman's team at the Indigenous Food Lab in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: maker's community
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Sean Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0155.4
label: accession number
content: 2023.0155
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0155.4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: timpsila braid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 8 in; 40.64 cm x 20.32 cm