Resources
Louisiana- Houma Palmetto braiding by Marie Billiot Dean
https://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/Houmaarts.html
https://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/images/Houma/p22.jpg
https://www.nsula.edu/documentprovider/docs/860/Dean,%20Marie%20Billiot.pdf
Arnow, Jan. By Southern Hands: A Celebration of Craft Traditions in the South. p 44-45
Bermuda- Fishtail braid of palmetto
Of Fishpots, Bonnets, and Wine: The Cultural History of the Bermuda Palmetto,
Anna Saskia Wolsak
https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0362882/4
p 144, p 151
Bahamas- Jacob’s Ladder plait of palm fronds
https://www.grandbahamamuseum.org/exhibits/culture/plaiting-and-thatching
Hawaii- nihoniho headband with hala tree leaves
Bird, A.J. et. al. The Craft of Hawaiian Lauhala Weaving
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Craft_of_Hawaiian_Lauhala_Weaving/
New Zealand- Maori whiri mekameka (flat four plait) mostly
for headbands with New Zealand flax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Hjmueusvw
Russia- Zubatka (fish plait?) with paper tubes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCYr5qo4pI
https://stranamasterov.ru/node/438796
UK/Europe- Tyrolean or Rustic Plait with straw