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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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246 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 36 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Needles mixed with dry paint to make it smell better. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 36 |
426 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 40 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Charcoal mixed with oil and used as black paint. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
1795 | Agave palmeri Engelm. 93 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice covering pit stones after baking used to paint stripes on buckskin. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1827 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice covering pit stones after baking used to paint stripes on buckskin. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1828 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice covering pit stones after baking used to paint stripes on buckskin. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
2736 | Amaranthus cruentus L. 188 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 155 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers used as face paint. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
2749 | Amaranthus cruentus L. 188 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 83 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Crushed leaves and blossoms moistened with spittle or water and rubbed on cheeks as rouge. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
6215 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 66 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Milky juice used for temporary branding of livestock. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
7457 | Bovista pila Berk. & Curt. 612 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Used as paint for the dead. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
7606 | Bryoria capillaris (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. 644 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 141 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant burned into black powder and used to make wood paint. | 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 141 |
7607 | Bryoria glabra (Mot.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. 645 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 141 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant burned into black powder and used to make wood paint. | 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 141 |
7608 | Bryoria trichodes (Ach.) Brodo & D. Hawksw. 646 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 141 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant burned into black powder and used to make wood paint. | 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 141 |
7945 | Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Stein 717 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 141 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used to make paint for wooden items. | 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 141 |
7946 | Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Muell. Arg. 718 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 141 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used to make paint for wooden items. | 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 141 |
8484 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 297 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Root and juniper bark chewed, mixed with white clay and used as ceremonial paint. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 297 |
8485 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 91 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Root chewed, mixed with white clay and the juice used to decorate artificial squash blossoms. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 91 |
8496 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 297 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Root and juniper bark chewed, mixed with white clay and used as ceremonial paint. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 297 |
8760 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 43 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Roots chewed and smeared on the body and be impervious to wounding. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 43 |
9424 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 78 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant formerly used for painting bows and arrows. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
9478 | Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi 898 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 83 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Berries used as red paint. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 83 |
9484 | Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi 898 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 13 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Berries used by children as paint by rubbing it on what they wished to color. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 13 |
9486 | Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi 898 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Calyx crushed and red paint used on the face, body, clothes, wood and skins. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
9487 | Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi 898 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 203 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant tops mashed with a little water and used to make ink to write with. | 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 203 |
9729 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 319 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice diluted, smeared over the back of a bow and soot applied to produce a permanent black color. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 319 |
10311 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 559 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Used to make the black paint for pottery decoration. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 559 |
10344 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 58 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Young plants boiled, dried, soaked in hot water and used as black paint for pottery decorations. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 58 |
10350 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 96 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant paste used with black mineral paint to color sticks of plume offerings to anthropic gods. The plant was boiled for a long time and the concoction allowed to evaporate. The precipitated paste was then used with black mineral paint to color sticks of plume offerings to anthropic gods. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 96 |
10582 | Conocephalum conicum 1064 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 145 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used to make a green paint for wood. | 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 145 |
12286 | Delphinium decorum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. 1249 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 383 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers pounded, mixed with salmon glue and fresh mountain grapes and used to paint arrows and bows. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
12297 | Delphinium menziesii DC. 1252 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers used as a paint for clothing. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
12378 | Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata 1273 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 15 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers mixed with dark iron pigment used as a black color for pottery decoration. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 15 |
12379 | Descurainia pinnata ssp. pinnata 1273 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 310 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used in the preparation of pottery paint. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 310 |
12412 | Descurainia sp. 1275 | Tewa of Hano 258 | rhf16 61 | 60 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plants moistened, steamed, liquid squeezed and the remaining mass used as paint to decorate pottery. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60 |
13103 | Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr. 1395 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 102 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Resin melted and used as a varnish. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 102 |
13704 | Ericameria parryi var. howardii (Parry ex Gray) Nesom & Baird 1459 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 20 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers and chalky stones used as a bright yellow pigment for personal decoration in ceremonies. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 20 |
14312 | Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum 1554 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 43 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Ground flowers used as yellow paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43 |
14313 | Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum 1554 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 43 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Ground flowers used as yellow paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43 |
14652 | Evernia vulpina (L.) Acharius 1599 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 12 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used to make a yellow paint. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
14654 | Evernia vulpina (L.) Acharius 1599 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 501 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Used as a paint on wood and skin. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 501 |
14790 | Fomes sp. 1621 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 49 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Whole plant made into a white powder, sometimes mixed with coloring, and used to make a paint. | 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 49 |
15666 | Gaultheria shallon Pursh 1703 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 104 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Leaves crushed, mixed with salmon roe and used as paint for masks and wooden item designs. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 104 |
17224 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 9 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Used to paint pipes in the Sun Dance and the Sacred Arrow ceremonies. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 9 |
18235 | Juglans major (Torr.) Heller 2033 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 46 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Outer shell coverings soaked in water to make a black paint. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
19556 | Larix occidentalis Nutt. 2100 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 25 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Pitch heated, rubbed into a fine powder, mixed with grease and used as a red paint for girls' faces. | 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 25 |
19579 | Larix occidentalis Nutt. 2100 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 99 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Pitch burned until dry to make a reddish pigment and used as a face paint for women and men. | 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 99 |
20437 | Linum puberulum (Engelm.) Heller 2206 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 35 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers made into yellow paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
20556 | Lithospermum caroliniense (Walt. ex J.F. Gmel.) MacM. 2215 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Used for facepaint. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
20594 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Roots dipped in hot grease and used as a red paint on the face and on dressed skins. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
20630 | Lithospermum sp. 2220 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 52 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Ground flowers used to make yellow paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 52 |
21202 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 48 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice used to paint the faces of dolls. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48 |
21829 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 383 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruit mixed with salmon glue and pounded larkspur flowers and used to paint arrows and bows. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
21895 | Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde 2372 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Crushed berries used as purple coloring for the skin and for objects employed in ceremonies. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
22391 | Marah macrocarpus (Greene) Greene 2413 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 210 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Seeds mixed with iron oxide and turpentine to make a red paint. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
24462 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla 86 | c93 14 | 217 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant made into black face paint and used by warriors. | 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 217 |
24475 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 217 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Bark charred, mixed with pounded salmon eggs and used as black face paint for dancing. | 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 217 |
24496 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 41 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Sticks burned, mixed with grease or Vaseline and used as a reddish brown face paint. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 41 |
24497 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Lummi, Washington 130 | tb71 23 | 78 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Stems charred, mixed with grease or Vaseline and used as a black face paint. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 78 |
24510 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 95 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Wood charcoal used as a special ceremonial paint for dancers. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 95 |
24615 | Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck 2653 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 56 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Tunas used for red paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 56 |
25127 | Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch 2705 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 40 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Blossoms used for painting the face. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 40 |
25820 | Penstemon angustifolius Nutt. ex Pursh 2800 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 59 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Blossoms used to make blue paint for moccasins. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 59 |
26845 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 78 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruit made into a red stain used in painting horses and various articles of adornment. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
27241 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 234 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Pitch used like shellac on harpoons. The pitch was ignited and caught with a mussel shell as it melted. The whale hunter's entire family would join in and chew the pitch until it was the right consistency. Then the hunter would put the pitch on his harpoon, smooth it over and then burn off the excess. Finally, he would shine it until it was smooth like shellac. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 234 |
27490 | Pinus contorta var. contorta 2954 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 178 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Twigs burned and used as a pigment material for tattoos. | 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 178 |
27557 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 205 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Gum used in the paint used on the base of arrows. | 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 205 |
27600 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 60 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Pitch mixed with ground lichens or mineral colors to make a paint medium. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 60 |
27815 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 205 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Gum used in the paint used on the base of arrows. | 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 205 |
28338 | Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris (Greene) I.M. Johnston 2991 | California Indian 25 | m90 111 | 55 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Red matter around root used as rouge. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 55 |
28343 | Plagiobothrys jonesii Gray 2992 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 52 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice from the stem and root juncture used to paint the face 'just for fun.' | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 52 |
28344 | Plagiobothrys nothofulvus (Gray) Gray 2993 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 52 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Juice from the stem and root juncture used to paint the face 'just for fun.' | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 52 |
29276 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 68 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruits used to make red, green, yellow, purple and white paint for suitcases and tipis. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 68 |
29314 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 126 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Sweet smelling, yellow resin used as a base for paints. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 126 |
29366 | Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. 3098 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 68 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruits used to make red, green, yellow, purple and white paint for suitcases and tipis. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 68 |
30158 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 93 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Resin boiled and used as a pottery paint. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 93 |
30555 | Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason 3175 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 56 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruit used to paint the face. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 56 |
30824 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 42 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Sap mixed with different colored clays and used as paint for Indian designs. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 42 |
30898 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 384 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Gum applied to the surface of bows and arrows before painting the design. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 384 |
30958 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 67 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Berries mixed with bear grease and used to make paint for painting pictographs. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 67 |
31073 | Pseudephebe pubescens (L.) Choisy 3188 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 143 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used to make black paint for wood. | 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 143 |
31337 | Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene 3204 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 64 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Boiled, crushed flowers used for yellow paint or dye. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 64 |
31348 | Psilostrophe tagetina (Nutt.) Greene 3204 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 97 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Blossoms used by personators of anthropic gods for painting masks and for coloring bodies yellow. The blossoms were used by personators of anthropic gods for painting masks and for coloring their limbs and bodies yellow. The flowers were ground into a meal and mixed with yellow ocher and urine. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 97 |
32242 | Quercus laurifolia Michx. 3271 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 14 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Bark, red oak and live oak boiled and used for paint. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14 |
32345 | Quercus pungens Liebm. 3284 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 41 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Gum used for painting arrows between the feathers. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 41 |
32520 | Quercus texana Buckl. 3291 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 14 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Bark, post oak and live oak boiled and used for paint. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14 |
32558 | Quercus virginiana P. Mill. 3294 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 14 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Bark, red oak and post oak boiled and used for paint. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14 |
33155 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 66 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Crushed berry juice used as a vehicle for paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 66 |
33926 | Rosa acicularis Lindl. 3417 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 267 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Petals mixed with pine pitch, grease and red ochre paint to make a cosmetic. | 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 267 |
34098 | Rosa nutkana K. Presl 3427 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 267 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Petals mixed with pine pitch, grease and red ochre paint to make a cosmetic. | 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 267 |
34138 | Rosa pisocarpa Gray 3431 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 267 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Petals mixed with pine pitch, grease and red ochre paint to make a cosmetic. | 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 267 |
34257 | Rosa woodsii Lindl. 3434 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 267 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Petals mixed with pine pitch, grease and red ochre paint to make a cosmetic. | 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 267 |
35650 | Salix amygdaloides Anderss. 3518 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 37 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Charcoal used as a black paint for Sun Dancers. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 37 |
37053 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant used as a red skin stain. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
38637 | Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don 3771 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 60 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Root skin pounded into powder, water added and used as face paint for dances. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60 |
38656 | Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea 3773 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 374 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant pounded in water into a gummy paste & applied over the rough inner surfaces of earthen dishes. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 374 |
38675 | Sphaeralcea munroana (Dougl. ex Lindl.) Spach ex Gray 3779 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 374 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Plant pounded in water into a gummy paste & applied over the rough inner surfaces of earthen dishes. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 374 |
38886 | Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum 3823 | Papago and Pima 189 | cb37 151 | 7 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruit used to make ink. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1937, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest IV. The Aboriginal Utilization of the Tall Cacti in the American South, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5:1-48, page 7 |
39034 | Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake 3849 | Blackfoot 23 | h92 30 | 59 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Green twigs burned and smoke used to blacken newly made pipes. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 59 |
39170 | Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri (Gray) Nesom 3867 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 30 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Petals mixed with whitewash. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
39729 | Thalictrum occidentale Gray 3925 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 123 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Fruits often crushed and mixed with paint for a robe. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123 |
39809 | Thelypodium wrightii ssp. wrightii 3939 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 61 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Used to make paint for pottery. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 61 |
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