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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92-1-10/47783.3 | Cous loaf |
Floral
|
Idaho
| |
| 92-1-10/47783.2 | Cous loaf |
Floral
|
Idaho
| |
| 92-1-10/47778.1 | Dried cous |
Floral
|
Idaho
| |
| 92-1-10/47784.1 | Cous cakes |
Grain
|
Idaho
| |
| 92-1-10/47785 | Camas bread loaf |
Floral
|
Idaho
| |
| 92-1-10/47778.2 | Dried Kaus |
Floral
|
Idaho
| |
| 24-48-60/D2113 | Bread |
Floral
|
Siberia
| |
| 973-11-70/5300A | Plumes, possibly of cous-cous fur, used on top of daily headpiece |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 973-11-70/5300B | Plumes, possibly of cous-cous fur, used on top of daily headpiece |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 92-1-10/47777.2 | Cooked Kamas root |
Floral
|
Idaho
| |
| 92-1-10/47784.2 | Kaus cakes |
Grain
|
Idaho
| |
| 34-24-10/3757 | Dried mesquite, young pods pounded whole and dried |
Floral
|
Las Vegas
|