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Basketry: material
The most important materials for basketry are palm leaf and grass. Culms of reeds are used for the production of mattings, stools, table and screens.
| palm trees | reeds | sedges | rushes |
| date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) | ordinary reed (Phragmites communis) culms and leaves were used | Cyperus papyrus - mainly the culm is used | Juncus rigidus |
| dom palm (Hyphaene thebaica) | Arunda donax | Cyperus alopecuroides | Juncus acutus |
| Saccharum spontaneum | Cyperus articulatus | ||
| Cyperus conglomeratus | |||
| Cyperus schimperianus |
further reading:
- Wendrich1999: 145-152
- Wendrich 2000: 254-255
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