| Cedar bark was
often used for weaving. The bark was stripped from
standing trees, in the spring, just after the sap started
to run. A horizontal cut was made near the bottom of the
tree. The bark was then pulled out and up. Long strips,
sometimes as much as a third of a meter wide, were pulled
off the largest trees. Red Cedar Before it could be used the inner bark had to be peeled away from the outer. The inner bark of a cedar is quite thick and made up of a number of layers. Usually, the weaver separtes this inner bark into two thin layers. The lengths of inner bark were then dried and folded into hanks. The hanks were carried out of the bush and stored until it was need for weaving. |
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