The Kalinago basketry is a unique technique that depends on specific plants growing in the region: the aroman « laroman » (Ischnosiphon arouma), and the cachibou (calathea lutea).Practiced centuries before the colonization by the Kalinago Natives, this « Vannerie Caraïbe » is nowperpetuated in a few communities of weavers along the arc. In Martinique, Mrs. Nicole and Mireille Bartholet, with who I learned, is one of the few weavers still practicing and teaching the processes of the craft fromgrowing the plants to the finished products.
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Today, the craft is not known by many however intertwined with the ecosystems and nativeheritage. This study will form a journal of apprenticeship within a bilingual (Eng-Fr) publication onKalinago's living heritage in the islands.