How is the Nuaulu palm leaf carrying pot made?
In a Ray Mears BBC Demo, The Importance of the Sago Tree, he travels to Seram in Indonesia and witnesses the natives using Sago leaves to create this really cool pot at 2:40:
The Nuaulu tribesman twists the leaves together, somehow causing them to lock into place:
Unfortunately, Ray "didn't even attempt it". However, perhaps there is someone here who has and would be generous enough to teach us the technique?
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I would say to look up basic basket/container weaving techniques. The First picture obviously shows some form of stitching around the middle of the container, as well as when they are packing the Sago into the leaf container for transportation home. The basic mechanics for weaving can be applied to just about anything that is flexible and retains its shape once formed.
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