Pine Nuts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Dec 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "11679. LOANED TO SIL 11/17/80. RETURNED 5/4/81." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "PINE NUTS.--THE SEEDS OF PINUS EDULIS. PINE NUTS FORM A VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE OF INDIAN FOOD. THEY ARE COLLECTED FROM EVERY VARIETY OF PINE THAT YIELDS SEEDS LARGE ENOUGH TO BE USED. THEY ARE EATEN RAW, BUT FOR PRESERVATION OR IN THE PREPARATION OF MEAL OR PINOLE THEY ARE ROASTED. THE CONES ARE PLACED IN HOT ASHES TO CAUSE THEM TO FULLY OPEN, THE NUTS PICKED OUT, ROASTED, POUNDED TO CRACK THE HULLS, WHICH ARE WINNOWED OFF, AND THE KERNELS GROUND INTO MEAL. FROM THE PAI UTE INDIANS, UTAH, 1873. 11,679. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY." FROM CARD: "TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPT. OF BOTANY 3/16/71, SAMPLE RETAINED IN THE DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY."
label: Notes
content: Both Anthropology catalogue ledger book and old exhibit label identify as Paiute.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Utah, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 002357
label: USNM Number
content: E11679-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical