Dried Squash
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "1 LOT. A FOOD PRODUCT. SQUASH AND PUMPKINS ARE CUT UP INTO CONTINUOUS STRIPS, FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH IN WIDTH AND TIED IN BUNDLES, BY BENDING THE PLIANT STRIP ON ITSELF IN LENGTHS FROM 8" TO A FOOT, AND WRAPPING THE FINAL END TIGHTLY ABOUT THE MIDDLE. IT IS PERMITTED TO BECOME DRY AND DESICCATED IN THE SUN, AND IS THEN STORED FOR FUTURE USE. WHEN USED FOR FOOD IT IS FIRST SOAKED IN WATER UNTIL SOFTENED, AND IS THEN COOKED BY BOILING."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174430-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical