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Snake medicine, euphorbia polycarpa
Image Not Available for Snake medicine, euphorbia polycarpa
Object Number 77-36-10/12982
Display Title Snake medicine, euphorbia polycarpa
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • California
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms California, southern
Provenance
Collector Dr. Edward Palmer (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1877)

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