Botanical Specimen: Brier Root
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 1903
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Annie E. Bidwell
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. National Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Sample of brier root, growing up Lindo Channel, and used in basket weaving on Rancho Chica [Rancho Chico], California."
label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: RANCHO CHICO WAS THE AMALGAMATION, UNDER JOHN BIDWELL, OF THE RANCHO ARROYO CHICO AND RANCHO DE FARWELL IN THE 1840'S, WHICH, IN 1860, HE LAID OUT AS THE TOWN OF CHICO. (REF: CALIFORNIA; A GUIDE TO THE GARDEN STATE, 1967, H. HANSEN, ED.)
label: Notes
content: Mr. and Mrs. John Bidwell had local Mechoopda Maidu Indians working and living on their property.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rancho Chico, Butte County, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Indian
label: Culture
content: Maidu (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 040690
label: USNM Number
content: E215569-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical