"Pinole", Parched Ground Corn
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. PINOLE, OR PARCHED CORN MEAL--SHELLED CORN IS BOILED WITH ASHES UNTIL TENDER THEN PARTIALLY DRIED, AND AFTERWARD RUBBED WITH THE HANDS, AND FINALLY WASHED TO REMOVE THE OUTER HUSK OF THE KERNELS (OR BRAN); THEN AFTER THOROUGH DRYING IT IS PARCHED IN A CLAY VESSEL SET OVER THE FIRE. SOMETIMES THE CORN IS PLACED IN A BASKET WITH LIVE WOOD COALS AND ASHES AND SHAKEN TOGETHER UNTIL THE CORN IS PARCHED. AFTER PARCHING IT IS GROUND TO A MEAL ON THE METATE, OR GRINDING STONE. PINOLE IS ALSO MADE FROM PARCHED WHEAT. PINOLE IS A STAPLE FOOD AMONG THE PAPAGO INDIANS. TRAVELERS USE IT BY ADDING A SMALL QUANTITY TO COLD WATER AND DRINKING. IT IS ALSO USED AS A MUSH BY COOKING IT IN BOILING WATER. MEAT AND VEGETABLES ARE SOMETIMES ADDED. DESTROYED."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, San Xavier Reservation / Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174426-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Corn