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Chapter 1: TEXTILE FIBERS USED IN EASTERN ABORIGINAL NORTH AMERICA
By A. C. Whitford
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The study identifies plant fibers used in artifacts from Indigenous communities east of the Mississippi by examining museum ethnological and archaeological collections. Approximately five hundred objects were sampled and analyzed with standard histological microscopy, bleaching, maceration, staining, and measurements compared to classified botanical specimens. Identifications document monocot and dicot sources — including palmetto, Spanish moss, yucca, nolina, red cedar, grasses such as big bluestem, sweet grass, canebrake, cattail, and occasional maize — and relate these materials to bags, moccasins, mats, ropes, and mound finds. The paper supplies object-level determinations, a table of identifications, and a brief summary of results.

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Title: Textile Fibers used in Eastern Aboriginal North America

Author: A. C. Whitford

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Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS
OF
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

VOLUME XXXVIII, PART I

TEXTILE FIBERS USED IN EASTERN
ABORIGINAL NORTH AMERICA

By A. C. Whitford

By Order of the Trustees
of
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
New York City
1941

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

PUBLICATIONS IN ANTHROPOLOGY

In 1906 the present series of Anthropological Papers was authorized by the Trustees of the Museum to record the results of research conducted by the Department of Anthropology. The series comprises octavo volumes of about 350 pages each, issued in parts at irregular intervals. Previous to 1906 articles devoted to anthropological subjects appeared as occasional papers in the Bulletin and also in the Memoir series of the Museum. Of the Anthropological Papers 35 volumes have been completed. A complete list of these publications with prices will be furnished when requested. All communications should be addressed to the Librarian of the Museum.

The current volume is:—

VOLUME XXXVIII

I. Textile Fibers used in Eastern Aboriginal North America. By A. C. Whitford. Pp. 1-22. 1941. Price, $.25.

II. (In preparation.)

TEXTILE FIBERS USED IN EASTERN ABORIGINAL NORTH AMERICA

By A. C. Whitford