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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource ▲ |
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37495 | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla 3609 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 63 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make images representing the deceased in the ceremony for the dead. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 63 |
27963 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branch used to hang the outgrown cradle of a male child so the boy will grow strong like the tree. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 51 |
5642 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 13 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds thrown into a fire to explode 'like firecrackers' during celebrations. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 13 |
5066 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 12 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant and meat chewed by a boy and his parents after his first kill. A boy did not eat the meat of his first kill but, together with his parents, chewed the meat mixed with California mugwort and then spit it into the fire. If this custom were neglected, the boy would never kill deer and would become a transvestite. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 12 |
5067 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 12 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used for many different ceremonial purposes. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 12 |
3129 | Amelanchier pallida Greene 212 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 11 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Sticks used in a Kawaiisu tale. Coyote sharpens the ends of the sticks (some versions refer to the roots) and plants them, points upward, on one side of his house. Grizzly Bear, chasing coyote over the house, jumps on the points and is killed. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 11 |
38914 | Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. Nels. 3828 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as a paint ingredient for chant arrows used in various ceremonies. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50 |
16320 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant placed on top of most ceremonial prayersticks and figurines. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
15216 | Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S. Wats. 1656 | Hopi 95 | wh51 106 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used for prayersticks. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
15217 | Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S. Wats. 1656 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds used in prayer for rain. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
31781 | Pyrola chlorantha Sw. 3240 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in paint for the God Impersonators. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
11845 | Cymopterus purpurascens (Gray) M.E. Jones 1188 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in paint for prayersticks. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34 |
14222 | Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait. 1547 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 29 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used on prayersticks. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 29 |
15799 | Geranium atropurpureum Heller 1722 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 29 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Blossoming plant dipped in sea water, salt and water plants to bring rain. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 29 |
6513 | Astragalus lentiginosus var. palans (M.E. Jones) M.E. Jones 482 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 27 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used as a charm in some prayers. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27 |
14722 | Fendlera rupicola Gray 1605 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 25 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Boiled with juniper berries, pinon buds and corn meal and used in mush-eating ceremonies. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 25 |
12542 | Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins 1303 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Mixed with paint and used on prayersticks or ceremonial figurines of water animals. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 24 |
21995 | Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don 2376 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Sprinkled on grass where lightning struck near livestock. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23 |
35388 | Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. 3487 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 20 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen sprinkled on ceremonial equipment. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 20 |
26926 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 188 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots used to make headgear and masks. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 188 |
27084 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 188 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots used to make headgear and masks. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 188 |
16683 | Helianthus sp. 1833 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 97 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds used to make a ceremonial body paint. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 97 |
5270 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 94 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Attached to prayer sticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 94 |
11556 | Cucumis melo L. 1157 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds mixed with juniper charcoal and water and made into a ceremonial body paint. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
19414 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Covered with a cord net to be used as water containers in ceremonies and buried with the dead. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
19415 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as prayer sticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
29901 | Proboscidea louisianica ssp. louisianica 3145 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 92 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in the preparation of ceremonial paraphernalia. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92 |
8482 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 91 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used ceremonially as the Red Flower associated with the southeast direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 91 |
23748 | Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats. 2577 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 90 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant smoked in pipes for ceremonial purposes only. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90 |
23857 | Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia 2580 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 90 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant smoked in pipes for ceremonial purposes only. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90 |
24326 | Oenothera pallida ssp. pallida 2624 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 86 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used ceremonially as the White Flower associated with the northeast direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 86 |
24327 | Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein 2625 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 86 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used ceremonially as the White Flower associated with the northeast direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 86 |
33131 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 84 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used for ceremonial equipment. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 84 |
33132 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 84 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make prayersticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 84 |
36187 | Salix sp. 3551 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 72 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Occasionally used in ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 72 |
36188 | Salix sp. 3551 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 72 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make prayersticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 72 |
1844 | Agave sp. 96 | Havasupai 89 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stalk and fiber used to make ceremonial equipment. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
29545 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leafy branches used in the Snake Dance and related ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
29547 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Peeled shoots used to make prayer-sticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
29610 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant smoked ceremonially. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
43765 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots crushed to make soap, used ceremonially as a purification rite & suds associated with clouds. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
43766 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as a whip during ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
7705 | Calochortus aureus S. Wats. 669 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially used as the Yellow Flower associated with the northwest direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
18330 | Juncus balticus Willd. 2038 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
18400 | Juncus torreyi Coville 2052 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
37373 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
44403 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 69 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with the nadir. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 69 |
44406 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 69 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole ears boiled and given as presents during the winter ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 69 |
44404 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 67 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with the northeast direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 67 |
44405 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 67 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in almost all ceremonies either as corn meal, as an actual ear of corn or as a painting. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 67 |
26580 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 66 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Associated ceremonially with the bow and arrow. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 66 |
28618 | Pleuraphis jamesii Torr. 3022 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as the artificial arm worn by the manipulator of the serpent effigy. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 65 |
41116 | Typha angustifolia L. 4047 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 64 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant associated ceremoniously with water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 64 |
27954 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant parts smoked ceremonially. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
31160 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches considered important in many of the ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
41930 | Ustilago zeae (Beckm.) Ung. 4065 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 100 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Black powder used as a ceremonial body paint. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 100 |
36197 | Salix sp. 3551 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 564 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used extensively in making prayer sticks. | 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 564 |
31169 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 563 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make costumes for dancers, prayer sticks and other ceremonial items. | 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 563 |
41239 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 560 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fuzz used ritually like prayer meal or pollen. | 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 560 |
17865 | Ipomoea leptophylla Torr. 1990 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 559 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root used to make hindquarters of little hobbyhorse 'ridden' by saints in ceremonial impersonations. | 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 |
26287 | Phaseolus acutifolius Gray 2867 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 558 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Beans made into a flour by the Koshairi and used for ritual purposes. Prayer meal ground from beans was exceedingly unusual; it was almost always made from corn. | 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 558 |
31158 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 206 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches used ceremonially. | 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 206 |
23936 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 4 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves used for ceremonial purposes. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 4 |
19426 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fruit made into rattles used by the Medicine Societies. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
26308 | Phaseolus coccineus L. 2870 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 103 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
26325 | Phaseolus lunatus L. 2871 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 103 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
26351 | Phaseolus vulgaris L. 2873 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 103 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
16361 | Gutierrezia sp. 1787 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 16 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as an important plant in rain ceremonies. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 16 |
40424 | Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter 3968 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen shaken from a horned toad pollen to unraveler string and used in unraveling ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 54 |
42902 | Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman 4116 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make antelope prayer stick in Plumeway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 54 |
43663 | Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (P. Mill.) Torr. & Gray 4211 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaf ash used as ceremonial blackening. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 54 |
39655 | Tetradymia canescens DC. 3914 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used for Evilway blackening. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 53 |
2838 | Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. 196 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaf ash used as Evilway blackening. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 51 |
16333 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fresh branches used to make Evilway unravelers. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 51 |
16334 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fresh branches used to make cactus prayer sticks for Chiricahua Windway and Enemyway prayer sticks. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 51 |
16335 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used as Evilway, Holyway and Hand Tremblingway blackenings. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 51 |
16610 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Holyway Prayer stick. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 51 |
13617 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1450 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branch used to make Enemyway prayer stick. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 49 |
4971 | Artemisia biennis Willd. 386 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5023 | Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements 391 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5047 | Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth. 393 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches used in Beautyway garment ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5048 | Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth. 393 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used as Evilway and Hand Trembling blackenings. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5284 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash applied before painting Witcheryway prayer sticks. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5405 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Applied to unraveler strings (a woman's hair cord or buckskin string from her moccasins). | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5406 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used as Evilway and Hand Tremblingway blackenings. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
5507 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana (Willd. ex Spreng.) Keck 402 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 48 |
19435 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make chant rattles. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 47 |
28498 | Plantago patagonica Jacq. 3004 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 45 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Infusion of root, leaves and seeds blown over rattle at beginning of hoof rattle song. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 45 |
25680 | Pedicularis procera Gray 2777 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in Mountaintopway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 44 |
21460 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 42 |
21461 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Thorn ash used for Evilway blackening. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 42 |
21472 | Lycium torreyi Gray 2318 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 42 |
21473 | Lycium torreyi Gray 2318 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Thorn ash used for Evilway blackening. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 42 |
14810 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 39 |
22920 | Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora 2455 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make Big Snake's prayer stick in Beautyway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 37 |
24877 | Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow 2674 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches made into a wand and used in Red Antway. The Antway wand consisted of five cactus branches with branches of rabbitbrush and other plants wrapped around their combined bases. The base was wrapped with yucca fiber. A small colored wooden disk was attached to each branch by a yucca fiber, each disk a different color. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 37 |
24878 | Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow 2674 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make cactus prayer stick, Chiricahua Windway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 37 |
33222 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make small hoops on cactus prayerstick of Chiricahua Windway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 35 |
31004 | Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg. 3183 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stems used to make Evilway and Mountaintopway big hoops and Bear's prayer-stick in Mountaintopway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 31 |
31690 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Twig and leaf ash used for Evilway blackening. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 31 |
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