Page 17 - Frank Rosenow "Seagoing Knots"

LINES AND LASHINGS

The knot takes its cue from line.
Native people like the Polynesians or Eskimos have lacked access to
manufactured line even in recent times and often make do with strips cut

from the bark of trees or, in Greenland, with strips cut from seal skins or
young walrus hides.
In these “lines” you will find knots a scarce item. Instead, there will be
plenty of lashings.
On the island of Huahine, in French Polynesia, all the local produce
from live crabs to taro roots is lashed with bark strips. The crab lashing
starts with a loop but the trussing up is then effected without any knots at
all. Friction and the way the bark fibers deform in the final, acute tuck
effects a tenacious hold.

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LINES AND LASHINGS