Kouse Roots
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: John P. Monteith
label: Donor Name
content: John B. Monteith
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM OLD EXHBIT LABEL: "KAUSE ROOT.---FROM PUCEDANUM AMBIGUUM, A PLANT WHICH GROWS ON HILLS AND MOUNTAINS WHERE THE SOIL IS UNPRODUCTIVE. WHEN FRESH IT HAS A TASTE LIKE PARSNIPS, BUT ON DRYING IT BECOMES BRITTLE, WHITE, AND ACQUIRES THE FLAVOR OF CELERY. IT IS GROUND INTO FLOUR, WHICH IS PRESSED INTO CAKES ABOUT TWELVE INCHES WIDE, THREE FEET IN LENGTH, AND HALF AN INCH THICK, AND THESE ARE LAID ON STICKS AND DRIED, OR BAKED OVER FIRES. A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE IS FOR CONVENIENCE IN ATTACHING THEM TO THE SADDLE IN TRAVELLING. FROM THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS, IDAHO, 1876. 23,846. COLLECTED BY J. B. MONTEITH."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Lapwai Reservation, Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005302
label: USNM Number
content: E23846-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical