Basswood Bark 1
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1908
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE BARK IS PULLED OFF THE SMALL SAPLINGS IN STRIPS OF VARIOUS LENGTH & BREADTH, BOILED IN A KETTLE, DRIED, SOFTENED WITH THE HANDS, SPLIT INTO SMALL STRIPS, BOUND INTO BUNDLES TO PREVENT TANGLING AND PUT AWAY FOR USE MAKING CORD, ETC.." THERE IS A PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE OBJECT SLIGHTLY ELABORATING ON THIS CARD DESCRIPTION AND INDICATING THIS MATERIAL IS CALLED "NON-KEH-KO-PEE-TE-WE", OR "MADE SOFT BY BEING COOKED; WARM WATER MADE IT SOFT." NOTE THAT AT ONE TIME BOTANICAL MATERIALS FROM A VARIETY OF COLLECTIONS WERE KEPT TOGETHER IN STORAGE AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. IT IS NOT UNLIKELY THAT PIECES OF OTHER ARTIFACTS/BOTANICALS MAY BE MIXED IN WITH THE BASSWOOD CAT. #251947. - F. PICKERING 6-28-2000
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jul 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Green Bay Agency, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Menominee (Mamaceqtaw)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 049017
label: USNM Number
content: E251947-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical