Rosa  spp.  Ð Roses  Ð Rosaceae

 The hips of roses were strung into necklaces by the children of several Native American tribes, namely, the Okanagan, Thompson, Paiute, Blackfoot and Makah.11

Pocohontas is reputed to have worn a necklace of wild rose hips which she had gathered and strung on deer sinew.

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