Identifier: annualreport6421910newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York State Museum
Subjects: New York State Museum Science Science
Publisher: Albany : University of the State of New York
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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used with bean counters in games. Children weretaught to count with these straws. 2 Uses of corn husks. Single husks or strips pressed or foldedtogether and dried were used to convey lights short distances, muchas the rolled paper lamp lighters are used where matches arescarce. The Iroquois indeed now use husks for lighting lamos,calling them yediistondakwa. A larger quantity of dried huskswas used in kindling a fire. Husks are shredded and used forpillow, cushion and mattress fillings, cmion,nya,gagonsha\ Formaking brides bread the corn puddine or grated green corn iswrapped in the green husk and baked or boiled as the case mav re-quire. Another use for the simple husks is as the water sprinklers 1 Vincent. History of Delaware. Phil. 1870. p. 74-75. IROQUOIS USES OF MAIZE 81 used by the Otter company, Dowaando11, in their winter ceremony(see fig. 17j. In this instance the husks are pulled back over thestem and the cob broken midway as a handle. The sprinklers arecalled dionegogwuta..
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Husks were sometimes braided in long strands and used forclothes lines, gaonVga, in. the .houses. The-loosely braided husks g2 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM from the strings of corn, ostensengasskendoni, were used by thebuffalo head (Hadeyeon) announcers of the midwinter thanks-giving. A crown is arranged for the head and trailers tied to eaohankle. Braided in fine ropes, the husk was coiled up into the masks,gatcisha, used by the husk face (Gatcishaoano) company (seepi. 23). The braided coils are sewn with thread. An outer bindingis fastened to the face, from which long shreds of the husk hang torepresent hair (see pi. 23, fig. 1). Another variety of the husk mask is woven entirely and is notsewed (see pi. 23, fig. 2). These particular masks are used mostlyon the Allegany Reservation. Husk bottles, trays and baskets arewoven in the same manner as the woven mask as also are sandalsand moccasins although the latter are about obsolete now (see pi. 24). Another interesting article manufactured f

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