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132 rows where use_subcategory = 93 sorted by id descending
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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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9713 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Upper fiber ends dipped in starch, tied together and used as brushes. The brush was used in the following ways: (1) to clean out the bedrock mortar hole before tobacco leaves were pounded and to remove the pulverized tobacco afterwards--a usage that probably applied to other materials--(2) to sweep fine meal off the sifting tray; (3) to brush the hair--an old brush must be used for this purpose or 'the hair ends will split'--and (4) when wet, to scrub things clean. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 19 |
9710 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Bulb fibers used to make a small brush. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
9706 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 255 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Fibrous bulb covers tied in bundles to make brushes. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
9700 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 54 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Coarse husk fibers from the bulb tied together and used as a hair brush. | 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 54 |
9699 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 54 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Coarse husk fibers from the bulb tied together and used as a cleaning brush. | 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 54 |
9067 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl. 859 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Branches used to make brooms. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
8944 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 35 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Bunches of tied bushes used for rough brooms. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
8124 | Carex sp. 752 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 114 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Leaves used as brushes for cleaning things. | 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 114 |
7685 | Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin 667 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Boughs and twigs used to make brooms. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
7592 | Bromus sp. 640 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 25 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tied bunches of stems used to make brooms and brushes. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
7590 | Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud. 639 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 34 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tied bunches of plants used as hair brushes and light brooms. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 34 |
7556 | Brickellia grandiflora (Hook.) Nutt. 627 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 33 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tied bunches of plants used as rough brooms. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
7536 | Brickellia ambigens (Greene.) A. Nels. 623 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 33 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tied bunches of plants used as rough brooms. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
7447 | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths 608 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 83 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Grass bunches tied together and the severed end used as a hairbrush, the other as a broom. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
7430 | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths 608 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 149 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Blades bundled by a cord, the stiff end used as a hair comb and the other end used as a broom. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
7428 | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths 608 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 189 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stem used as comb and broom material. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 189 |
7423 | Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. 606 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 64 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Grass bundled, dried, made into brooms and used to sweep floors, hearths and metates. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 64 |
7422 | Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. 606 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 64 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Grass bundled, dried and used as hair brushes. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 64 |
7333 | Betula sp. 585 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brooms. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
6807 | Baccharis sarothroides Gray 536 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 65 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stalks used to make brooms. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 65 |
6806 | Baccharis sarothroides Gray 536 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 65 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Green stalks cut, tied together with strings and used as brooms. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 65 |
5680 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Leafy stems tied together with wire and used for brooms. | 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 |
5167 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Plant tops bound into bundles and made into brooms used for sweeping the lodge floor. The plant was used for this purpose because of its agreeable, wholesome odor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
4865 | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey 371 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stems used to make hair brushes. | 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 15 |
4864 | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey 371 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stems used to make hair brushes. | 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 15 |
4861 | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey 371 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 286 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Plant used for broom material. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 286 |
4382 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Diegueno 65 | h75 122 | 219 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Branches used to make a broom. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 219 |
1867 | Agave utahensis Engelm. 97 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brushes for the hair and for cleaning grinding stones. To make the brushes, the dried matter of a dead and rotten leaf was knocked free from the fibers, which were then bent in two. The upper end of this brush was wrapped with a cord and the bent portion was covered with buckskin or cloth. The loose fibers were cut to the right length and hardened by burning the ends. | 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 212 |
1863 | Agave sp. 96 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 259 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Grass stem brush used to transfer excess mescal juice from dish to slab. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 259 |
1784 | Agave lechuguilla Torr. 92 | Pima 193 | bc41 58 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Fiber used to make hair brushes. | 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 50 |
1734 | Agave americana L. 89 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Bundles of fibers used as combination brushes and combs for hair. | 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 51 |
379 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 225 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Twigs made into a brush and used to brush off metates. | 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 225 |
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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) );