Llama and those things that look like llama, but I can't remember the name of. It is lovely, soft, warm, etc. By this time, I think they were trading with central american tribes.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Käthe Barrows Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:44 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland? > What kinds of fibers would the scraelings have had to weave with? Strips of leather? Strips of bunny fur? Some American native tribe wove of strips of bunny fur, but I don't remember who or when. >so what would they have made clothes and blankets out of? The Mexican natives (Aztec, Maya, etc.), and those south of them (Inca), wove of something like wool - goat? mountain sheep? - pre European conquest. Examples survive in museums. The Northwest Coast natives also wove, but I don't know when they started and if it was only after they got European wool. The American Southwest natives did too, same date/supply question. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed. -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
