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Object Number 10-21-10/76751
Display Title Gum-like substance
Descriptions
Object Description Gum-like substance, possibly gooseberry.
Inventory Description Seeds?, spherical, clumped together, red resinous substance within, coated wi
Classification
  • Seed
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Achumawi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Seed
Dimensions Overall: 4.3 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76751
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1/1/1910)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (01/01/1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1910)

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