Corn Ears Of Various Colors
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: NO NUMBER; PUEBLO INDIANS-CORN: 6 EARS OF VARIOUS COLORS.
label: Notes
content: 6 ears of Pueblo corn used in NHB Hall 11, case 19, corn exhibit. Possible exhibit props but retained at request of curator Dr. William Merrill. Exhibit label: "They grew corn of different colors and named them after the directions." Corn ears were attached to wall of exhibit case and labelled with the directions they represent to Pueblo people. NOTE: the listing of colors that follows is descriptive only and was done in order to help tell the ears apart. Allover black/dark corn was labelled "Underground" in the exhibit. Darker red/orange corn was labelled "South." Yellow corn was labelled "East". Allover yellow/blue corn was labelled "West". Lighter orange corn was labelled "North." Corn with some yellow and some blue sections of kernels was labelled "Above."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET16575-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Corn