
Oreamnology (MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE NOT GOATS) with Julie Cunningham
Ologies with Alie Ward
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Keeping a Sustainable Relationship With Mountain Goats
Tlinget weaver terry rofcar is a member of the tlinget tribe of south east alaska. Her woven mountain goat robes are gorgeous with geometric accents and long, dark tassels that swing from the shoulder blades. One robe, she notes, might take her 900 hours to weave. It took me 17 and a half years to gather enough wool to weave one robe, using every wool collection method there is natural science and biology needed to harvest the mountain goat wool.
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