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In sci.archaeology tkavanagh <tkavanag@indiana.edu> wrote:
: Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:

:> So if the Maori twined capes were not bark cloth, what were they then?

: Twined capes. And twined capes are not bark cloth, e.g.. tapa, as that term is
: usually used in the material culture world of museums.

Very good, Tom. But how do we call the fabric of these twined capes so
as not to offend the purists?

As you know well, myself, I'm always game for such discussions delving
ever deeper into the mystic profundities of proper nomenclature and
classification of bark cloth. So I'm looking forward to a hundred or so
more mind-numbing replies and corrections devoted to confusing these
matters ever further. Because, you see, this way the main subject of
cultural similarities can be avoided, and eventually dismissed
completely!

Yours,

Yuri.                                                                  
                                                                       
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