White Cornmeal
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Collector
content: U. S. Department of Interior
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 CARD: "CORN MEAL.---SPECIMENS OF WHITE AND RED MEAL, PREPARED BY THE MOQUI (Hopi) INDIANS OF ARIZONA. THE FASHION AMONG THE INDIANS MAKES THEM FAVOR PARTICULARLY BLUE MEAL MADE FROM THE BLUE CORN; THE RED AND WHITE MEALS ARE NOT VERY MUCH USED FOR MAKING BREAD. FROM THE MOQUI (Hopi) PUEBLO INDIANS, ARIZONA, 1876. 22,578. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL, DIRECTOR U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E22578-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Corn