To plait paper for hats
The natives of South Africa make hats in this way from mealie sheaths (the outer cover of maize) torn into narrow strips.
This can be sewn round and round and shaped into hats.
Open Library
PROFILE
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Other projects include the Wayback Machine, archive.org and archive-it.org
Books to Borrow
Books in this collection may be borrowed by logged in patrons. You may read the books online in your browser or, in some cases, download them into Adobe Digital Editions.
Main Research Source
- Paper toy making by Margaret W. Campbell (Open Library book)(1975 first published 1937)