Poaceae Zea mays L.

Corn

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 18

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Scientific name: Zea mays L.
USDA symbol: ZEMAM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Corn
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Cobs used by pottery makers to smooth the pottery.

RECRD: 10401 id: 44484

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