uses: 40258
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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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40258 | 3951 | 259 | 10 | 94 | 4 | 43 | Split roots made into coiled, water tight baskets and used for boiling food. The outer strips of the roots were used to make the bottom of the basket, the center core was used in the coils and the bark of the roots was used for making the edges because of its toughness. The roots could not be harvested in the winter because it was too difficult to scrape the bark off of the stiff, brown roots. In the spring and early fall, the bark was more easily removed and the roots were white. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 94 |