watap
/wəˈtɑp/
noun
- A strong thread or cord made from the roots of certain trees, used by Indigenous peoples of North America for sewing, binding, and making baskets.
- Watap is traditionally harvested from spruce or cedar roots.
- The artisan used watap to stitch the birch bark canoe together.
- She learned how to prepare watap from her grandmother for basket weaving.