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Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Hopi Fiber, Basketry
Grass used by the women to make coil trays.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Hopi Fiber, Basketry
Used as the fill of coiled basketry.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 65
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Hopi Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Culms used as a floor and hair brush.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 325
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items
Used as the artificial arm worn by the manipulator of the serpent effigy.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 65
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Hopi Other, Decorations
Stems used to form the base of the coils for manufactured plaques.
Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 33
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Hopi Other, Decorations
Used to make plaques.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 325
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dietary Aid
Cold infusion given to babies to make them 'want to eat a lot.'
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 16
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Pediatric Aid
Cold infusion given to babies to make them 'want to eat a lot.'
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 16
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Navajo, Ramah Food, Forage
Used as horse and sheep feed and able to withstand trampling and close grazing.
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 16
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Tewa Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Culms used as a floor and hair brush.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 325
Pleuraphis jamesii Torr.
Galleta
USDA PLJA
Tewa Other, Decorations
Used to make plaques.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 325