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Weaving a flax fantail
New Zealand flax is not botanically related to the ordinary flax of commerce ... neither flax nor hemp correctly describes it ... the size and quality of the plants vary considerably according to the localities in which they grow ... In one district the natives might weave only the rough raincoats or the coarser mats, while in another they had the raw material for producing garments as soft and as glossy as heavy silk. [fr. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MarYear-t1-body1-d2.htm...