Fagaceae Quercus sp.

Red Oak

Navajo - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 40

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Scientific name: Quercus sp.
Common names: Red Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Used to make throwing sticks. The Navajo throwing stick, which was of oak, was made by whittling the piece down to the shape of a batten and then heating it and bending it over the knee to give it a slight curve.

RECRD: 2788 id: 32466

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