Osha, herbs for spiritual and medicinal healing

Name/Title

Osha, herbs for spiritual and medicinal healing

Entry/Object ID

E-366

Description

Small clear bag filled with an assortment of herbs in a crystalized like form. Colors range from golden yellow to a dark greyish brown. Majority are very small and close a powder size, while remaining few are the size of small rocks. Most of the smaller crystalized herbs are yellow, the bigger ones are mainly dark gray. Each of the crystalized herbs of a bigger size have white/beige coloring all around its surface, suspected to be incense, thus having a gravel-like texture.

Use

Possibly used as incense by Native Americans.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

23.08.01

Notes

Found in collection

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

North America

Material

Crystalized Herbs

Color

Brown, Orange, Yellow, Gray

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair