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Cooked camas root
Object Number 92-1-10/47777.1
Display Title Cooked camas root
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cooked kamas root sealed in glass jar
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nez Percé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Idaho
Additional Geographic Terms Nez Perce Reservation
Materials Camas
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 7 x 7 cm (8 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 26
Label on object 47777
Credit Line Gift of Alice C. Fletcher, 1892
Provenance
Collector James Stewart (1891)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1892)

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