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Their canoes, called anán, were constructed
with three large pieces of bark from trees. The canoes
were the more elaborated element of the Yámana
Handcraft and its more valuable property. Their life
depended to have a canoe.
Sewn plates of crust to each other were maintained opened
with a frame of rods of wood cleaved to means and retained
On guard bent by crosspieces and longitudinal wood huts.
The floor was reinforced with more plates of crust and
in the center a platform of earth or pebbles was made,
on which ignited fire always stayed. The ones in charge
to row were habitually the women, but when it was necessary
also the men did. Except for accidents, they used to
last six months to a year; the habitual time of preparation
was October to February, when the crust could be come
off the trees with facility.
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