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Mashed potato cakes
Object Number 92-1-10/47786
Display Title Mashed potato cakes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mashed potato cakes corked in glass jar
Classification
  • Root
Department Ethnographic
Date 1883-1891
Culture
  • Nez Percé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Idaho
Additional Geographic Terms Nez Perce Reservation
Materials Floral material, Organic
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 7 x 7 cm (8 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 40+
Label on object 47786
Credit Line Gift of Alice C. Fletcher, 1892
Provenance
Collector James Stewart (1891)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1892)

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