Acorns.

Duration: 28 min

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1962

Creator: Regents of the University of California

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: 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.

Complete 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.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)


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