You can get everything you need from animal sources, even without wooly sheep. Sinew makes a good cord, and NA's were known to use it. Bark was also used, but I don't think in pounded form, such as you find in Africa and Polynesia.
Kim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Laning On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:18 AM, [email protected] wrote: I wonder whether bark-based fibers or pounded-bark cloth might have been possibilities. If Native Americans made cord (which I'm sure they did) then there must have been *some* sources of fiber available. I _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
