Volunteer Dick Workman demonstrated how Calusa Indians and pioneer women wove palm leaves for clothing. Calusa men, he said, used the woven fiber to build codpieces, and women living in settlements would sell the finished fronds to haberdashers for extra income. It's not a cerebral activity, he continued. 'If you think about what you're trying to do, you mess up.'

Photo by Lindsey Kaiser

Volunteer Dick Workman demonstrated how Calusa Indians and pioneer women wove palm leaves for clothing. Calusa men, he said, used the woven fiber to build codpieces, and women living in settlements would sell the finished fronds to haberdashers for extra income. It's not a cerebral activity, he continued. "If you think about what you're trying to do, you mess up."

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