Title
Deep Purple/Black Purple Corn
Subject
UMMAA #15420
Description
Scientific Name: Zea mays
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Kokoma
Source of Seeds: Old type, pure strain
Properties and Use: Eaten, the color improves when ashes or lye is added, used for Piki bread, dye for textiles and body paint in any Katchina Dance. Cultivated chiefly for food.
Ceremonial Significance: Indicates the direction up.
Hopi Name from 1935 field notes: Kokoma
Source of Seeds: Old type, pure strain
Properties and Use: Eaten, the color improves when ashes or lye is added, used for Piki bread, dye for textiles and body paint in any Katchina Dance. Cultivated chiefly for food.
Ceremonial Significance: Indicates the direction up.
Source
Supawlovi
Navajo County, AZ
Navajo County, AZ
Date
October 25, 1935
Contributor
Alfred Whiting, Volney Jones, Edmund Nequatewa
Relation
Museum of Northern Arizona cat B.1800