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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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14065 | 1514 | 291 | 6 | 91 | 3 | 30 | Ground blossom powder given to ceremonial dancers impersonating anthropic gods to bring rain. The blossom powder was given to the dancers after they were dressed for the ceremony. The dance director placed it in the mouth of each dancer so that the dance would bring rain. Each dancer ejected the medicine from his mouth over his body and apparel. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 91 |