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Acorns.

Acorns were the great staple food of the Indians of California. Depicts methods used by Indians residing in the Redwood Belt to prepare the tank oak acorns. Demonstrates the manner of harvesting, building storage caches, grinding, sifting and leaching the meal to remove bitter tannic acid, and stone-boiling to prepare acorn mush.

Credits

S. A. Barrett (Samuel Alfred, 1879–1965); C. B. Smith; David W. Peri (1939–); C.C. Macauley; William Heick; A. Fiering; A. J. Ostroff; University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology; University of California, Berkeley. University Extension; University of California (System). Extension Media Center

Complete catalog record
Acorns. Regents Of The University Of California. 28 Min., Sd., Color, 16 Mm. Appl. Author: S. A. Barrett. © Regents Of The University Of California; 18apr62; Mp12969.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, catalog record
  2. Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62) — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
  3. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits

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