birchbark biting


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birchbark biting

(ˈbɜːtʃˌbɑːk)
n
(Anthropology & Ethnology) a Native Canadian craft in which designs are bitten onto bark from birch trees
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Metis artist Levac opened Angelique's Native Arts to retail her work in birchbark biting and has expanded to offer a wide variety of Native crafts made locally and across the country.
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