Fagaceae Quercus gambelii Nutt.

Gambel's Oak

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Tools

Use documented by:
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 22

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Scientific name: Quercus gambelii Nutt.
USDA symbol: QUGAG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gambel's Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Wood sticks notched by sheepherders to keep track of the days they have worked.

RECRD: 10446 id: 32092

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