Coffee Beans
Date: 1865
Inventory Number: 1997-1-1905
Classification: Coffee Beans
Owner: Louis Agassiz (1807 - 1873)
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
17.4 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm (6 7/8 x 3 5/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Description:
unroasted coffee beans in a modern screw-top, glass jar, with paper label pasted to it.
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
Inscribedpaper label: 4-11-84 / Louis Agassiz / COFFEE BEANS (the last of them) / Brought from Brazil 1865 / Unroasted (from Mame Jones[)]
Historical AttributesThese coffee beans belonged to Louis Agassiz, having been collected from Brazil in 1865.
Curatorial Remarksold paper label in David P. Wheatland's handwriting was falling off and has been removed for conservation. Copy in the file.
ProvenanceLouis Agassiz, 1865-1873; whereabouts unknown until Mame Jones gave them to David P. Wheatland, 1984.