AY Honors/Mat Making/Answer Key
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Revision as of 03:29, 8 February 2009 by 82.128.46.39 (talk) (→5. Make two mats showing two different types of weaving. One of the mats must have a reasonably fine weave.)
1. In your culture name the materials which are used in mat making.
Coconut 
Bulrush 
Hemp 
Straw 
Date palm 
Screw pine
Mats are made of many, many different types of material, including:
- Coir (coconut fibers)
- Reeds
- Bulrushes
- Hemp
- Rattan (cane)
- Various grasses
- Straw
- Palm leaves
- Screw pine (Pandanus) leaves
2. Explain and demonstrate how to prepare this material.
Coir
Reeds, Bullrushes, and Grass
Hemp
Rattan
Generally, raw rattan is processed into several products to be used as materials in furniture making. The various species of rattan ranges from several millimetres up to 5-7 cm in diameter. From a strand of rattan, the skin is usually peeled off, to be used as rattan weaving material.
Straw
Palm leaves
Screw pine
3. Name plants that can be used for making dyes in your culture. Tell where they come from and how to prepare them for dying.
Rattan
The fruit of some rattans exudes a red resin called dragon's blood. This resin was used as a dye for violins, among other things. The resin normally results in a wood with a light peach hue.
