Textile Fibers used in Eastern Aboriginal North America

By A. C. Whitford

Published in 1941, this work reports the identifications and remarks on fiber samples from collections in different museums using various methods for the determination of the fiber. The research was made public after studying the vegetable fibers used in fabricating objects in the ethnological and archaeological collections from the Indian tribes of the Mississippi drainage and eastward. Contents include: Introduction Monocotyledonous Species Diocotyledonous Species Objects From Spiro Mound, Oklahoma Summary Fiber Plants as Identified Table of Identifications

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Jun 13, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547058526

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A. C. Whitford

Textile Fibers used in Eastern Aboriginal North America

EAN 8596547058526

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

MONOCOTYLEDONOUS SPECIES

ARECACEAE, Reichenb. (Palm Family)

BROMELIACEAE, J. St. Hil. (Pineapple Family)

DRACAENACEAE, Link. (Yucca Family)

JUNIPERACEAE, Horan (Juniper Family)

POACACEAE, R. Br. (Grass Family)

TYPHACEAE, J. St. Hil. (Cat-tail Family)

ZEA MAYS, L. (Indian Corn)

DIOCOTYLEDONOUS SPECIES

ANONACEAE, D.C. (Custard-Apple Family)

APOCYNACEAE, Lindl. (Dog-bane Family)

ASCLEPIADACEAE, Lindl. (Milkweed Family)

BETULACEAE, Agardh. (Birch Family)

CANNABINACEAE, Lindl. (Hop Family)

DAPHNACEAE (Mezereon Family)

JUGLANDACEAE, Lindl. (Walnut Family)

LINACEAE, Dumort. (Flax Family)

MALVACEAE, Neck. (Mallow Family)

SALICACEAE, Lindl. (Willow Family)

TILIACEAE, Juss. (Basswood Family)

ULMACEAE, Mirbel. (Elm Family)

UMBELLIFERAE

URTICACEAE, Reichenb. (Nettle Family)

OBJECTS FROM SPIRO MOUND, OKLAHOMA

SUMMARY

FIBER PLANTS AS IDENTIFIED

TABLE OF IDENTIFICATIONS

American Museum of Natural History

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Ohio State Historical and Archaeological Museum

Milwaukee Public Museum

University of Kentucky Museum

University of Wisconsin Museum

Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences

McGill University Archaeological Museum

United States National Museum

Peabody Museum, Harvard University

INTRODUCTION

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The author of this paper has studied the vegetable fibers used in fabricating objects in the ethnological and archaeological collections from the Indian tribes of the Mississippi drainage and eastward, now in the American Museum. The first task was to identify them and view them against the background of existing textile knowledge. The present paper reports these identifications and comments upon fiber samples from collections in other museums.

The writing of this paper would have been impossible without the generous and whole-hearted coöperation of many institutions and individuals. This assistance has ranged from the furnishing of specimens for determination, to advice as to methods, classifications, and the supplying of