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摘要
eichhornia crassipes (mart.) solms, known locally as camalote, is an aquatic plant indigenous to south america, abundant in the pantanal, brazil. guat車 indians used it for making sleeping mats in the pantanal. the non-indian community of albuquerque, corumb芍, ms, nowadays, is also using it for the same purposes. an ancient guat車 indian 74 years old taught the process. the use of the camalote for handicraft in albuquerque is described here. the methods of investigation included both semi structured interviews and participant observations. the extraction of the camalote is made on the rivers, corixos and lagoons of the area. the leaf blades are cut and only petioles are carried to the houses, washed in clear water, and dried in the sun. after dried, the petioles are woven and sewed. the guat車 original technique consists of sewing the craft with threads made of cotton fibers (gossypium sp.) or tucum fibers (bactris sp.) recently replaced by a nylon thread in albuquerque. the crafts are sold to tourists.
