Net Making
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A short excerpt from Goddard's ethnography of the Hupa of northern California describing how they make nets and snares. It covers preparing twine from Iris macrosiphon leaf fibers, using a mussel-shell thumbnail to strip the fibers, and twisting the two-ply cord on the thigh. It also describes the bobbin and elk-horn mesh-sticks used in knotting nets. A plate explanation and photographs show a seine with wood floats and stone sinkers, a bobbin, a thumb shell and mesh-sticks.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1903
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
- Archive notes
- Excerpt from "Life and Culture of the Hupa"
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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