Flax, New Zealand
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A short encyclopedia entry on New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax, harakeke), a leaf fibre unrelated to common flax. It describes the plant, its native range and growing conditions, and its traditional Maori uses for clothing, rope, twine and mats. It also covers fibre extraction by maceration, the older hand method using thumb nails and combs, and later machine stripping, with yields per acre.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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