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Hat weaving with Jipi, Carludovica palmata (Cyclanthaceae) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Type: Text
Year: 2001, 2001
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Fadiman, Maria
Publisher: The New York Garden Botanical Press
Description: Weaving hats with jipi, Carludovlca palmata (Cyclanthaceae) has built the local economy and cultural identity for the people of Becal, in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. They obtain most material from cultivated sources, weave in man-made caves, and market the goods to commercial centers. Because Jipi does not appear to deplete the sod, they do not need to clear more land for sustainable… more
Full Text: Notice: This article is an accepted post-print manuscript, published version is available in Economic Botany 55(4) pp 539-544 2001, The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, NY 10458-5126 USA HAT WEAVING WITH (CYCLANTHACEAE) JIP1, C A R L U D O V I C A …