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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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40009 | 3951 | 92 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 43 | Very long, straight branches or withes used to make baskets. Cedar withes were also split and used to make a wide variety of strong open-work baskets for berry-picking and other purposes. These were strengthened at the corners with twisted cedar ropes. The withes were divided with two vertical cuts. The two outer rounds were often used for finer construction and possibly the active weft; the inner piece, flattened on two sides, was usually used for the 'framework' (warp and passive weft) of the baskets. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35 |