Re: bark cloth (Re: Polynesian canoes

From: t(nospam)kavanagh (_at_(nospam)indiana.edu)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:56:28 -0500

Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
>
> "t(nospam)kavanagh" wrote
> in article <cd6iqc$8b7$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu>:
> >
> > Carmen wrote:
> > >
> > > "t(nospam)kavanagh" <"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> wrote in message
> > > news:cd3rs6$b9e$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu...
> > > > Carmen wrote:
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > > >
> > > > > Twining is a skill that is universal throughout various locations of the
> > > > > world.
> > > >
> > > > I wouldn't say "universal," just wide-spread. Thus its occurance in New
> > > > England and New Zealand is mere coincidence, and irrelevant to Yuri's
> > > > claim of diffusion from the Pacific Northwest to >Polynesia.
> > >
> > > There are many more similarities between Maori
> > > and people from the Pacific Islands (ie language, Gods, textile and
> > > implement manufacture)
> >
> > Well, a good lot of them are Polynesians.:-)
> >
> > than there appear to be with people of the North
> > > American continent.
> >
> > Try telling that to Yuri.
>
> Except that Yuri already knows this...
>
> What I'm saying is that Canada was the original homeland of
> the Polynesians/Maori. I'm not exactly denying that the
> Maori are Polynesians.

Then you (and your great white god TH) are wrong.

>
> Clearly Dr. Tom doesn't understand what this discussion is
> all about...

Seems that your new thread title, 'bark cloth', says it all.
 
> > > Although it seems to be widely accepted that ancient polynesian mariners
> > > made it as far north as the South Americas.
> >
> > Don't know about that.
>
> That's because you know so little about this subject. Let me
> give you a hint with the word "kumara".

Oh, kumara is "bark cloth" then.

 
> > > > And note: Pacific NW woven bark cloth is nothing like tapa as Yuri is
> > > > wont to claim.
> > >
> > > Tapa is from places other than NZ and not a feature of traditional textile
> > > manufacture here.
> > >
> > > I read on one website that woven bark cloth is made by taking strips of bark
> > > fibre and twining, rather than processing the bark as a whole piece.
> >
> > Exactly, a statement that Yuri seems incapable of grasping.
> >
> > tk
>
> If only you knew what this discussion is all about...

If only you knew what NWC bark cloth and tapa are.

tk

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