hat'al [ha/*t'al]
common noun. cedar bark strips prepared for weaving
Hat'alm amg̱a̱n hoy gyet wilt dzaba gwissg̱a̱n. People use cedar bark strips to make mat coats.
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Cora Robinson is folding and bending a length of hat'al to loosen the layers for thinning. Photograph by Margaret Anderson
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Cora Robinson preparing hat'al. Photograph by Margaret Anderson 1980.
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Photograph taken by Margaret Seguin (Anderson).

Related entries: sihat'al  get strips of cedar bark

Bibliographic sources: Dunn, Practical Dictionary entry: 772. | Source: Draft Dictionary entry.