Finland · Bark craft; Sámi heritage; Lapland tradition
Sámi Tuohi — Niednameahttun
The Sámi tuohi (birch bark) craft tradition — the making of containers, boxes, and household objects from the inner bark of the Arctic birch (Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa) that is the complement to the birch burl wood carving (CRAFT-1455) in the Sámi material culture. The Sámi bark crafter reads the correct inner bark peeling quality through a peel-and-listen assessment — peeling the inner bark from the outer and reading the specific clean sound that indicates the bark has been harvested at the correct sap season.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Within the Sámi duodji UNESCO ICH framework; the specific tuohi tradition is a sub-tradition of the broader duodji
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