"embira" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1946, Handbook of South American Indians:",
          "text": "page 459: [...] two right-angled notches prevented the caraguatá or embira' string from slipping.\npage 535: The embira or caraguatá strings, were made taut or lax by twisting.",
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          "text": "page 259: Alfred R. Wallace (1853) says that they were made of three strips of embira, [...]\npage 287: Boys 8 to 12, who do not yet use the penis sheath, wear under their buriti belts two fringed embira aprons, one over the other.",
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          "text": "The floor beams are 10 cm x 15 cm (4 in x 6 in) in diameter and are tied with embira (bast fibre). When the structure of sticks has been set up the mixture of earth and manure is spread on it by hand.",
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