Most were made of birchbark that had been embroidered, while others were covered with red or black cloth attractively embroidered with moosehair. |
Whenever a halt was called, if only for five minutes, I reached mechanically for a strip of birchbark and a handful of twigs. |
It is made of birchbark and covered with black velvet, which was for Aboriginal artisans an expensive fabric. |
By the end of the 19th century, the more delicate birchbark creations frequently had their panels sewn with cotton thread or seamed with ribbon. |
With a cry the girl sprang back, crushing the birchbark case with its red flower into shapeless ruin. |
Although these canoes are covered with birchbark, this skin, like that of a kayak, is stretched over a framework of ribs and spars. |