http://www.pacificarts.org/node/946
I have been fortunate enough to be introduced to the master weavers and they have taken me under their wing. Thus far I how to weave long strings called 'bokwaj'. Hopefully, one day, I will be able to try my skills at the wonderful big mats (pronounced 'jaki', I will post photos soon!).
Here are two pictures as evidence: you hold the finished string with your toes while you weave the long pandanus fibes .
One of the ancient art forms in the Marshall islands is weaving. The link below leads to an article about the circle of women practising weaving in the Woman's Weaving Hut Jined Kiped here at the University of the South Pacific, Majuro: I have been fortunate enough to be introduced to the master weavers and they have taken me under their wing. Thus far I how to weave long strings called 'bokwaj'. Hopefully, one day, I will be able to try my skills at the wonderful big mats (pronounced 'jaki', I will post photos soon!).
Here are two pictures as evidence: you hold the finished string with your toes while you weave the long pandanus fibes .