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Dried elk meat
Object Number 92-1-10/47795
Display Title Dried elk meat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Food, dried meat (elk?), shredded
Classification
  • Faunal
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nez Percé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Idaho
Additional Geographic Terms Nez Perce Reservation
Materials Elk hide
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 7 x 7 cm (8 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1 vial
Label on object 47795 & POISON
Provenance
Collector James Stewart (1891)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1892)

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