Fruit Of Yellow Pond Lily
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Leroy S. Dyar
label: Donor Name
content: Leroy S. Dyar
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "POND LILY FRUIT.---SEED CAPSULES OF THE YELLOW POND LILY, NUPHAR POLYSEPALUM. THE SEEDS FORM THE CHIEF WINTER FOOD OF THE KLAMATH INDIANS. AS THE FRUIT IS COLLECTED THE SEEDS ARE THRESHED OUT. THEY ARE MADE INTO BREAD, OR PARCHED AND EATEN WITH MILK. THE ROOTS OF THE PLANT ARE ALSO BOILED WITH WILD FOWL OR ROASTED BY THEMSELVES. FROM THE KLAMATH INDIANS, OREGON, 1876. 24,127. COLLECTED BY L. S. DYAR."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Oregon, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Klamath
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005319
label: USNM Number
content: E24127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical