Marram Grass Roots as Pot Scrubbers

 

Marram Grass Pot Scrubber. Uig Historical Society Museum.

Marram Grass Pot Scrubber. Uig Historical Society Museum.

This pot scrubber is in the Uig Historical Society Museum, Isle of Lewis. It was made by taking the roots where the sand had been blown off them on the dunes, and then rubbing them together to from a mat. This item was made by a local man , Findlay MacKensie, who remembered this being done in his youth.

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