Print, Photograph

Photograph

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Lewis County Historical Museum

Blue and White Camas flowers 1970: Copyright: no; Origformat: Print-Photographic
Blue and White Camas flowers 1970

Copyright: no; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photograph

Entry/Object ID

P9558

Description

Color snapshot showing the blue camas flower which the Chehalis Indians used for food. To cook: dig a pit and make a fire for 1/2 a day. Heat large rocks, then remove all wood, leaving only coals and hot rocks, quickly lay a bed of sword fern and put down a sack full of camas roots. Cover with ferns then put all the earth back on top. Leave for 2 days. When you open the pit, the camas is ready to peel and eat. It tastes like a date. Do not pick the white camas, it is poison. Taken in 1970.

Collection

Plants

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Indians

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 18, 2016

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

May 18, 2016

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 11, 2024