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wiigob ni nj
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inner bark of basswood, basswood bark fiber

See also: wiigob na

Note:
In Anishinaabe communities today, this useful fiber is just called basswood bark or by the Ojibwe name wiigob. There is an English term for the fiber from the inner bark of trees, bast (or bast fiber), but it isn't a very common word.



wiigob sg; wiigobiin pl; wiigobiins dim; wiigobiing loc; Stem: /wiigoby-/

wiigob sg nj
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Bishagaakobidoon wiigob

Peel the bark off the basswood.
 nj
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Wiigob gigashkigwaajigaagen biskitenaaganikeyan.

You sew with basswood bark to make birch bark baskets.
 nj
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Mii go maa bezhigwan gaa-ondinaman wiigob mii imaa ge-onji-mikawad miskwaabiimagoons.

You can find red willow in the same place that you get basswood bark from.
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