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1951_Marg_E_1_R -    Note: 32

Page: 17
Date: 19/11/51
Location: Elba Nahiye
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General Economics.

Arts and Crafts.

i(Emin Gurbuz)'s house - women making a hasr {rush mat}. Reeds gathered from river. Rahime was making a large ball of reed rope, by plaiting strands of firm
reeds together. This plaited rope was strung up on loom to make the warp - (going from top to bottom). The 2 gelins and daughter of house were weaving in the
weft with unplaited reeds, which they wound in and out of the fixed plaits and pulled down tightly to make a firm mesh.

k<reed mats>
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