Fagaceae Quercus sp.

Red Oak

Navajo - Other, Weapon

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: Weapon
Notes: Branches used to make clubs. In warfare, clubs were used by some of the warriors. The older type consisted of a grooved stone, which was hafted by twisting a small branch from an oak twice around the grooved section of the stone and tying the free ends together.

RECRD: 2787 id: 32472

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