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pine needle basket
Pat B:
Ryan, the new frond shoots(not the stems) in the spring are more subtle and are used by the basket weavers in Charleston, SC as lashing in their sweetgrass baskets.
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
gotcha, thanks for the info.
Pappy:
Very nice basket,got tons of them where I live,I live in a pine thicket,doubt I would have the patients to do that with the tho. :)
Pappy
Bone pile:
I've made a dozen or so pine neddle baskets over the last few years.I find it's something to do after the sun goes down.I used raffia for the first ones.it's a palm leaf i think.You can use queen palm if you cut it while still in the spike.I like using artificial sinew because you can streach it and make a really tight basket.I've got a few that are almost water tight, alittle bees wax and they could be drinking vessels.Your basket looks great ,keep it up.I thought about a quiver also but that would take a long time and a truck load of needles.
Roger
YosemiteBen:
Got lots of folks doin pine needle baskets in the west. They even sell a kit in the NDN Museum gift shop. Interestingly enough PN baskets are "new" baskets. As westward expansion continued and the desire to obtain NDN baskets continued to increase the availability of traditional materials began to decrease due to land ownershipo and changes in land use and management. Pine needles were in many cases more readily available and became a Neo-traditional use of something long used for other purposes. In the Sierra Nevada traditionally speaking, men were only permitted to make baskets for taking life like bird traps and fish traps or open weave baskets for hauling stuff. Women made the nicer baskets used for food/medicine storage and preparation. Learning is a beautiful process - the basket is nice - keep up the good work.
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