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It is tied with straw rafia through punched holes.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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It is tied with straw rafia through punched holes.
Another Box 2009
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The rafia really gives it a lift too librariane said...
seaside librariane 2009
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Lame Duck, indeed! grabber (winner of the mrs joyful prize for rafia work)
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Lovely wine palms and rafia palms, looking as if they had been grown under glass, so deliciously green and profuse was their feather-like foliage, intermingled with giant red woods, and lovely dark glossy green lianes, blooming in wreaths and festoons of white and mauve flowers, which gave a glorious wealth of beauty and colour to the scene.
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Again, on one occasion I saw a Bakele woman make fire by means of a slip of rafia palm drawn very rapidly, to and fro, across a notch in another piece of rafia wood.
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Lovely wine palms and rafia palms, looking as if they had been grown under glass, so deliciously green and profuse was their feather-like foliage, intermingled with giant red woods, and lovely dark glossy green lianes, blooming in wreaths and festoons of white and mauve flowers, which gave a glorious wealth of beauty and colour to the scene.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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Again, on one occasion I saw a Bakele woman make fire by means of a slip of rafia palm drawn very rapidly, to and fro, across a notch in another piece of rafia wood.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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Entries that include flip-flops made from rafia, wood, leather or other materials will be disqualified.
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For example, a jewelry box hand tied with rafia and a sweet note saying "Thanks, enjoy your jewelry." will appeal to Etsy buyers far over any slick packaging.
World Usability Day - Making Life Easy! wholesalejewelrylot2 2010
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