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Object Number 92-1-10/47777.2
Display Title Cooked Kamas root
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dried Cous
Classification
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nez Percé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Idaho
Additional Geographic Terms Nez Perce Reservation
Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 2.1 x 2.3 cm (1 1/2 x 13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 47777
Credit Line Gift of Alice C. Fletcher, 1892
Provenance
Collector James Stewart (1891)
Donor Alice C. Fletcher (1892)

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