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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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44253 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Folded leaves used as drumsticks to beat basket drums. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
43890 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo 157 | bc41 58 | 36 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Stout leaves used as drumsticks. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 36 |
43560 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cocopa 44 | cb51 125 | 187 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Seeds used in gourd rattles. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 187 |
41019 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 296 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to carve rattles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 296 |
40205 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 19 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Small limbs strung with pecten shells and used as dance rattles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
40188 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 46 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used for drum frames. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 46 |
40186 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 66 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood made into whistles or trumpets & used to announce the dances in the tsaika & glualaxa series. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 66 |
40151 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 20 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drum hoops. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 20 |
39458 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 16 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used to make drum frames. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
39428 | Taxodium ascendens Brongn. 3899 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 471 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Plant used to make drums. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 471 |
37147 | Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. 3586 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 358 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used for musical rasps. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
37146 | Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. 3586 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 74 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Strong wood used to make musical rasps. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
36623 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 94 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Branches used to make flutes, clappers and small whistles. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 94 |
36616 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Yokut 286 | m66 109 | 436 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollow wood used for flutes. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 436 |
36607 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 264 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollow stems used as music sticks. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
36576 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 111 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Stems used to make four holed flutes. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 111 |
36569 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 94 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Stems used to make 'flageolets,' a musical instrument. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 94 |
36549 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 388 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Pithless wood used for flutes and other dance instruments. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 388 |
36528 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 62 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make a flute by pushing out the soft core and burning a single row of six holes. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 62 |
36518 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 389 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Lower branches used to make flutes. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 389 |
36507 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 254 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollow twigs used for flutes. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 254 |
36277 | Salix sp. 3551 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 61 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Sticks wrapped formerly with buckskin but now with cloth and used for drum sticks. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 61 |
36221 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drums. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
35649 | Salix amygdaloides Anderss. 3518 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 37 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drums. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 37 |
32662 | Ranunculus californicus Benth. 3303 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 49 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Stems split and sucked on to make sounds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 49 |
32189 | Quercus kelloggii Newberry 3270 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Acorns gathered on a cord and swung against the teeth to produce music. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121 |
32001 | Quercus dumosa Nutt. 3257 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Acorns gathered on a cord and swung against the teeth to produce music. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121 |
31939 | Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. 3255 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Acorns gathered on a cord and swung against the teeth to produce music. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121 |
31844 | Quercus agrifolia N‚e 3251 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Acorns gathered on a cord and swung against the teeth to produce music. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121 |
29556 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 3 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Trunk hollowed out and used as a drum. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 3 |
29551 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 346 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollowed, rotten logs used to make drums. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 346 |
29550 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollowed sections of rotten logs made into drums. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
29476 | Populus fremontii S. Wats. 3102 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 213 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollowed logs used to make drums. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 213 |
29432 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Leaves used by girls and young women to make a flute-like instrument. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29426 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Leaves used by girls and young women to make a flute-like instrument. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29418 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Leaves used by girls and young women to make a flute-like instrument. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29404 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Leaves used by girls and young women to make a flute-like instrument. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
28127 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 307 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Logs formerly hollowed out by fire and used as drums for dances. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 307 |
27940 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 50 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Pitch used to make bone and wooden whistles and flutes. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 50 |
27939 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 6 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Gum placed inside whistles and flutes to improve their sounds. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 6 |
27396 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 116 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used to make wind chimes and presented to newly married couples. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
26617 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 75 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used to make flutes. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 75 |
26588 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 49 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Stems used as a clapper to maintain the rhythm in singing and dancing. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |
26587 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 49 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Reed arrows used to play the musical bow. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |
26582 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 7 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Shoots used to make flutes. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 7 |
26573 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 101 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used to make a flute, usually played by men. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 101 |
24360 | Olneya tesota Gray 2633 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 68 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Concave sticks with far-spaced, deep notches used as loud rattles for scraping stick songs. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 68 |
20531 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 83 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Strung acorns twirled in a special way to make music. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 83 |
19681 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 68 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood thrust through gourd rattles and used as the handles. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 68 |
19450 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Yuma 288 | cb51 125 | 115 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Fruit made into a rattle and used to provide rhythm for singing and dancing. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 115 |
19443 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 68 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Fruits dried, freed of seeds and pulp and used as rattles. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 68 |
19431 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Mohave 147 | cb51 125 | 115 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Fruit made into a rattle and used to provide rhythm for singing and dancing. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 115 |
19425 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 62 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used for drums and rattles. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 62 |
19421 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used as trumpets or megaphones to represent the bellowing of the plumed serpent in ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
19420 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used as rattles. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
19413 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 244 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Rinds used to make rattles. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 244 |
19410 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Cocopa 44 | cb51 125 | 115 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Fruit made into a rattle and used to provide rhythm for singing and dancing. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 115 |
19236 | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana 2066 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Red, aromatic heartwood used to make 'love flutes.' | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
19163 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Red, aromatic heartwood used to make 'love flutes.' | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
19064 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drums. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
18965 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 5 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make courting flutes. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 5 |
18819 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 47 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood strips used for drum frames. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 47 |
17342 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 126 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drum hoops. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 126 |
16803 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 40 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollow stems made into whistles and used for romantic purposes at night. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 40 |
16795 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 113 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Hollow stems used to make children's flutes. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 113 |
15981 | Glaucothea armata O. F. Cook 1749 | Cocopa 44 | cb51 125 | 187 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Seeds used in gourd rattles. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 187 |
13332 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 57 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Plant used for whistles. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
11674 | Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. 1163 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Shell dried and used as a sounding board for musical rasps. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
11226 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 417 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Crooked stick with an enlarged base made the favorite drum stick. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 417 |
11189 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used for drumming sticks. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
11036 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 21 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Branches used to make drumsticks. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 21 |
8178 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 68 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Ribs with shallow, close-spaced notches used as soft rattles for certain songs. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 68 |
7947 | Canna flaccida Salisb. 719 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 503 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Plant used to make rattle pellets. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 503 |
7296 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drumss. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7295 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drums. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
5942 | Arundo donax L. 420 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Used to make a flute, usually played by men. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 102 |
5939 | Arundinaria sp. 419 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 29 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Large stems used as flutes. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
5930 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 495 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Plant used to make flutes. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 495 |
5920 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | 'Joint of reed' used to make flutes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
2562 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 86 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make rattles. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 86 |
2534 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 296 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to carve rattles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 296 |
556 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 4 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Large trunk burls or knots used to make drums. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
498 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 296 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to carve rattles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 296 |
452 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Wood used to make drum hoops. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 59 |
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CREATE TABLE uses ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, species INTEGER NOT NULL, tribe INTEGER NOT NULL, source INTEGER NOT NULL, pageno TEXT NOT NULL, use_category INTEGER, use_subcategory INTEGER, notes TEXT, rawsource TEXT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(use_category) REFERENCES use_categories(id), FOREIGN KEY(use_subcategory) REFERENCES use_subcategories(id), FOREIGN KEY(tribe) REFERENCES tribes(id), FOREIGN KEY(species) REFERENCES species(id), FOREIGN KEY(source) REFERENCES sources(id) );