Cactaceae Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow

Cottontop Cactus

Kawaiisu - Other, Tools

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 27

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Scientific name: Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: ECPOP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cottontop Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Spines used as awls in the making of coiled basketry.

RECRD: 4207 id: 12867

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