DEN'S MOUE] 



PLANTS USED IN ARTS 



377 



PLANTS IN USEFUL AND DECORATIVE ARTS 



The collection of every tree and plant that entered into the 

 economic life of the Chippewa is not necessary to the present under- 

 taking. The following list is representative, and the familiar quality 

 of many materials is suggestive of their use. Thus, the maple, oak, 

 ash, basswood, ironwood, and pine are so manifestly adapted for the 

 making of household articles, snowshoe frames, sleds, etc., that a 

 detailed account of their use is unnecessary. Brief notations are 

 therefore given concerning the more familiar trees and plants, espe- 

 cially noting the uses which are peculiar to the Indians. 



List of Plants in Useful and Decorative Arts 



Botanical name 



Acer saceharuni Marsh_ 



Allium stellatum Ker 



Arctium minus Benin 



Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) 



Spreng. 

 Betula papyrifera Marsh 



Bovista pila B. and C. 

 Cicuta maculata L 



Clintonia borealis Ait. 



Cornus rugosa Lam 



Cornus stolonifera Michx 



Corylus americana Walt 



Corylus rostrata Ait 



Crataegus sp 



Dicranum bonjeanii De Not. 



Equisetum hiemale L 



Fraxinus sp 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 



H^icoria alba (L.) Britton 



Juniperus virginiana L 



Larix laricina (Du Roi) 

 Koch. 



Lithospermum carolinense 



(Walt) MacM. 

 Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) 



Koch. 



Picea rubra (Du Roi) Dietr. 



Common name 



Maple. 



Wild onion. 



Burdock 



Bearberrv _ 



White birch. 



Poison hemlock. 

 Clintonia 



Dogwood 



Red-osier dogwood 



Hazel 



...do 



Thornapple 



Woodmoss 



Scouring rush 



Ash 



Black ash. 



Hickory ... 

 Red cedar. 

 Tamarack _ 



Puccoon.. 

 Ironwood. 

 Spruce 



Vse 



Paddles for stirring maple 



sap, etc. 

 Toys. 



Leaves for head covering. 

 Smoking. 



Utensils, coverings for dwell- 

 ings, patterns for work in 

 decorative art. 



Paint for the dead. 



Seeds mixed with tobacco 

 and smoked. 



Patterns bitten in leaves for 

 entertainment. 



Smoking. 

 Do. 



Drumming sticks, etc. 

 Do. 



Thorns used as awls. 



Absorbent. 



Scouring. 



Making of snowshoe frames, 

 sleds, etc. 



Bark used in covering wig- 

 wams. 



Bows, etc. 



Mats, etc. 



Roots in weaving bags, etc. 

 Face paint. 



Frames for dwelling, etc. 



Gum used in making pitch, 

 roots in sewing canoes, etc. 



55231°— 28- 



-25 



