IROQUOIS USES OF MAIZE 



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used by the Otter company, Dowaando'^', in their winter ceremony 

 [see fig. 17]. In this instance the husks are pulled back over the 

 stem and the cob broken midway as a handle. The sprinklers are 

 called dionego'gwiita'. 





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Husks were sometimes braided in long strands and used for 

 clothes lines, gao""ga', in the houses. The loosely braided husks 



