Seeds (Sisymbrium Canescens)
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: "TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPT. OF BOTANY 3/16/71, SAMPLE RETAINED IN THE DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SISYMBRIUM SEEDS.--THE SEEDS OF SISYMBRIUM CANESCENS. THESE SEEDS ARE USED BY SOME INDIANS ALONE, BUT USUALLY THEY ARE GROUND WITH OTHER SEEDS TO IMPART FLAVOR, AND MADE INTO BREAD OR GRUEL. THEY ARE ALSO USED IN SOUPS. FROM THE PAI UTE INDIANS, UTAH, 1873. 11,677. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY."
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: 1
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: E11677-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical