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Object Number 92-1-10/47783.1
Display Title Cous loaves
Descriptions
Object Description Caus loaves. Made of pounded cous root mixed with water and baked over fire. 34x
Inventory Description Food, loaf of pounded vegetable material, perforated, scored edges
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nez Percé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Idaho
Additional Geographic Terms Nez Perce Reservation
Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 12.5 x 2.7 cm (12 13/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47783 & POISON
Credit Line Gift of Alice C. Fletcher, 1892
Provenance
Collector James Stewart (1891)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1892)

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