Berries Of Shepherdia Argentia Buffalo Berry
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Collector
content: U. S. Department of Interior
label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BUFFALO BERRIES.--A PLANT OF THE HABIT OF THE ELDERBERRY, SHEPHERDIA ARGENTEA, BEARING SMALL, RED BERRIES OF A SOUR BUT PLEASANT TASTE. THE INDIANS ARE VERY FOND OF THEM. FOR PRESERVATION THEY ARE DRIED AND BOILED FOR USE. FROM THE TUSUQUE [sic] INDIANS, NEW MEXICO, 1876. 23,234. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tesuque
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E23234-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical