Dried Figs in a Basket
Item
Title
Dried Figs in a Basket
Description
Indigenous to Asiatic Turkey and other surrounding areas, the fruit of the fig tree is actually a syconium, or an inverted flower. This plant has always been favored in ancient history and evidence even suggests that its domestication was one of the first instances of agriculture. When was the last time you ate a fig?
Creator
Artist/Collector
C. F. Millspaugh
Date
Date Collected
30 November 1902
Spatial Coverage
Location
Turkey
Medium
Medium/Material
Dried figs in a basket
Rights Holder
Credit Line
© The Field Museum, Cat. No. 268663
