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Karok Fiber, Basketry Leaf fiber used to make baskets. Fibers were pounded from the rachis and dyed with Alnus bark for use in basketry. The fibers were then dried and coiled for storage. They were soaked to unroll and used. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
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Pomo, Kashaya Other, Cooking Tools Long leaves used to line the top and bottom of earth oven for baking acorn bread and other foods. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 45 |
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Tolowa Fiber, Unspecified Leaves used to obtain fiber. The two fibers of each leaf were collected at the end of June or the first part of July. The rachis was pounded and fibers fell out. For designs, the fibers were dyed with Alnus bark. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
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Yurok Fiber, Unspecified Leaves used to obtain fiber. Fibers were harvested when leaves were fully grown and then dyed with alder bark. The strands could be dyed by chewing in Alnus bark and running the fibers through the mouth or by pounding the bark in a mortar and pestle. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |