birchbark canoe – Libri e DVD

Descrizione

In this book the author tells the story of the building of a traditional birchbark canoe and his apprenticeship learning the skills and the language of the Algonquin of Western Quebec. “How to do”: how to strip the bark from the tree, fashion gunwales from the cedar logs, carve the ribs with a crooked knife and sew the huge sheets of bark onto the frame spruce root.