Roots and stalks of the powaac plant

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Object Number 32-24-10/34

Display Title Roots and stalks of the powaac plant

Descriptions

Object Description Roots and stalks of the powaac plant from which the red dye for the canes used in the chitimacha baskets was made. See authorities--detailed object descritiption.

Inventory Description Plant specimen

Classification

Plant fiber

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Chitimacha

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Louisiana / St. Mary Parish

Additional Geographic Terms Bayou Teche

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 47 x 19 x 2 cm (18 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 32-24-10/34

Provenance

Donor Mary Bradford (? - 1902)

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