Cane (River Cane)

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About Cane (River Cane)

River cane (Arundinaria tecta or Arundinaria macrosperma) was used in some Southeastern basketry.

Some examples of tribes using cane in their basketry include:

From the Muskogean linguistic stock:
Alabama
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Coushatta
Creek
Seminole

From the Tunica - Macro-Algonquian phylum linguistic stock
Atakapa
Chitimacha

Others:
Catawba (Siouan linguistic stock)
Cherokee (Iroquoian linguistic stock)

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