Cactaceae Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

Saguaro

Papago - Other, Tools

Use documented by:
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

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Scientific name: Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
USDA symbol: CAGI7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Saguaro
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Four needles tied in a row and used as piercing instruments for tattooing.

RECRD: 43606 id: 8180

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