Mesquite Loaf Moulded In A Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: E. Palmer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Edward Palmer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SEE U.S.N.M. DIST. 5-26-77, EX. PEABODY MUS. INVENTORIED 1977." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "MESQUITE BREAD.--THIS LOAF WAS MADE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE COLLECTOR AS FOLLOWS: THE PODS OF THE MESQUITE, PROSOPIS JULIFLORA, WERE POUNDED FINE BY A ... (WOMAN) WITH A STONE PESTLE IN A WOODEN MORTAR, THE LOWER PART OF WHICH WAS EMBEDDED IN THE GROUND. SHE THEN TOOK FROM HER HEAD THE CONICAL ... HAT, SPRINKLED A LITTLE WATER INSIDE, THEN A LITTLE MEAL, AND ALTERNATELY WATER AND MEAL UNTIL THE HAT WAS FULL. IT WAS THEN EXPOSED TO THE SUN UNTIL IT BECAME A SOLID LOAF. FROM THE COAHUILA INDIANS, S. CALIFORNIA, 1876. 21,797. COLLECTED BY DR. E. PALMER. INVENTORIED 1977."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cahuilla
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005334
label: USNM Number
content: E21797-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food