Annual report . , gaonwon — boat; gaonyon, hanging boat = ham-mock. The earlier form is gaowonniyon, hanging boat. Cf. Awenonniyofi= hanging flower; Awenon —flower. Ganodjaniyon:= hanging kettle,ganodja = kettle + (ga)ni yon = hanging. IROQUOIS USES OF MAIZE 87 Segments of cob are used for stoppers for husk salt bottles andfor the openings in gourd rattles. Cobs were and still are used forhand and flesh scrubbing brushes, oyennyita, and for pipe bowls,Cobs were singed and used as combs, enyeskenenwai, with whichto clean pumpkin and squash seeds. Singed cobs were also used asback scratchers, yi
Annual report . , gaonwon — boat; gaonyon, hanging boat = ham-mock. The earlier form is gaowonniyon, hanging boat. Cf. Awenonniyofi= hanging flower; Awenon —flower. Ganodjaniyon:= hanging kettle,ganodja = kettle + (ga)ni yon = hanging. IROQUOIS USES OF MAIZE 87 Segments of cob are used for stoppers for husk salt bottles andfor the openings in gourd rattles. Cobs were and still are used forhand and flesh scrubbing brushes, oyennyita, and for pipe bowls,Cobs were singed and used as combs, enyeskenenwai, with whichto clean pumpkin and squash seeds. Singed cobs were also used asback scratchers, yiontgendata\ The ashes, oga, of the cob in quantities were used to make alye, ogangi, that induced vomiting. In small quantities cob asheswere used as a seasoning for food. They killed stomach wormsand prevented dyspepsia. 5 Uses of the Caryopsis. Besides their use as food, corn ker-nels were used as beads and decorations, as a medium for trade forthe oil, for rattlers in gourds, and for sacrificial Fig. 22 Section of ceremonial cane showing the use of kernels of corn as a decorative motive When used as decorations the various colored corns were soakedin water until soft and then strung, sometimes with beads alternat-ing upon thread. Such strands could be used as necklaces and thewriter has seen them strung as portieres. Oil, Onaon ono, wasextracted from the kernels and used for a rubbing oil and variouspoultices, oye^sa,1 were made of corn meal. There are a numberof references to the sacrifices to various spirits. White Tuscarora corn kernels were parched on the stove andpulverized on a hot stone. The powder, onao otonyosha, was usedas a compress on the navel of a baby from whom the dried navelchord (hoshetdot, masc, goshetdot, fern.) had just been was thought to be a nonirritating absorbent and a valuable heal-ing agent. 1 Iroquois use poultices of boiled maize flour and apply them hot to thecheek. I have found that this remedy has been very efficacio
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