ROBBIiNS, HARRINGTO> 

 FREIKE-MARKECO 



^''] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 



ground of raw cotton and held in place by pressure of the glass front. 

 They are particularly useful in that they admit of grouping, under 

 a glass cover in one frame, specimens that are to be associated in 

 the mind of the observer. In each mount should be placed the 

 plant specimen, with portions of products, if any, made from it, and 

 all other material of ethnological interest. This method of exhib- 

 iting ethnobotanical specimens is recommended as being the most 

 attractive and instructive, at the same time eliminating the danger of 

 destruction of the exhibited material. 



Another method of exhibiting ethnobotanical specimens is to 

 mount them on heavy paper; such paper is specially prepared for 

 the purpose. Each specimen is fastened to a sheet of the mounting 

 paper by narrow strips of gummed paper; gummed Chinese Imen 

 paper may be obtained in sheets or m strips cut in varymg lengths 

 and widths. A label bearing the data desired is then pasted at one 

 corner of the sheet, when the specimen is ready for exhibition. The 

 content of the label is a matter of some consequence. It should 

 include the scientific name of the plant, the common name, the 

 Indian name with etymology, the locality and the date collected, the 

 name of the collector, and brief mention of special points of interest 

 connected with it. 



The ethnologist who is collecting his own material should take 

 pains to collect large specimens with all the parts present if possible 

 in order that the botanist to whom they are sent may readily identify 

 them. The wi'iters have known instances in which plants submitted 

 for classification could not be identified because of insufficient mate- 

 rial, or because, if named, the designations were followed by question 

 marks. Although primarily an ethnological subject, etlmobotany 

 does not exclude the necessity for accuracy as regards the botanical 

 part of the work. 



Previous Ethnobotanical Studies 



Ethnobotany has received attention from a number of etluiologists, 

 and valuable data have been accumulated. It is desirable that 

 this material be assembled, so that the present state of etlmobot- 

 any may be better ascertamed; and furthermore, that problems and 

 methods of research may be outlined and work in this field be con- 

 ducted systematically and with a definite purpose m view, 



Harshberger^ in a paper published in 1890 discussed the purposes 

 of ethnobotany and pointed out the importance of the subject in 

 general. He made the interesting suggestion that ethnobotanical 

 gardens, in which should be grown only aboriginal plants, be estab- 

 lished in connection with museums. Havard ^ has written two 



1 Harshberger, J. W., Purposes of Ethno-botany, Botan. Gazette, xxi, pp. 146-54, 1896. 

 3 Havard, V., The Food Plants of the North American Indians, Bull. Torrey Botan. Club, xxii, no. 3, 

 pp. 93-123, 1895. Drink Plants of the North American Indians, ibid., xxin, no. 2, pp. 33-46, 1896. 



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