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Object Number
92-1-10/47779
Display Title
Wild potato
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wild potato corked in glass jar
Classification
- Root
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nez Percé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Idaho
Additional Geographic Terms
Nez Perce Reservation
Materials
Floral material, Root
Dimensions
Overall: 20.5 x 7 x 7 cm (8 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
20+
Label on object
47779
Credit Line
Gift of Alice C. Fletcher, 1892
Provenance
Collector
James Stewart
(1891)
Donor
Alice C. Fletcher
(1892)
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