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amate paper (bark paper (paper by composition), <paper by composition or origin>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Paper made in Mexico and Central America from bast fibers of amate Ficus trees, such as Ficus petolaris; also reportedly made from majirey cactus fibers (Sahgum 1963) or naturalized mulberry trees fibers (Lenz 1961). The fibers are scraped from inside the bark of the tree, boiled, then beaten and felted into sheets. The paper was often polished with stones to produce a smooth surface. |
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amate paper (preferred,C,U,,English-P,D,L,N)
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paper, amate (C,U,,English,UF,U,U)
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amatl (C,U,English,UF,L,N)
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amatl (Nahuatl,UF,U,N)
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Aztec paper (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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amatlpapier (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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papel de amate (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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amate (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,U)
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amameh tlen amate (C,U,Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl,UF,U,U)
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Classical Nahuatl ..... Amatl tlachihualli ica ipancuetlayo amate, ce cuahuitl tlen campa quiquixtia huapalli tlen America Central. |
Dutch ..... Papier dat is vervaardigd uit de schors van de amatl, een Centraal-Amerikaanse boom die voor de houtwinning wordt gebruikt. |
Spanish ..... Papel fabricado con la corteza del amate, un árbol maderero de América Central. |
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Related concepts: |
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derived/made from .... |
Ficus (genus) |
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(Moraceae (family), Rosales (order), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300343908] |
meaning/usage overlaps with .... |
fig bark paper |
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(bark paper (paper by composition), <paper by composition or origin>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300450672] |
related to .... |
tetehuitl |
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(ceremonial objects, <object genres by function>, ... Object Genres (hierarchy name)) [300445487] |
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