We present part of a research project from the field of Ethnomathematics. The purpose of the research is to characterize and assess the socio-cultural knowledge implicit in daily practice. The geographical context is Argentina. We investigated the mathematics implicit in braiding craftwork, producing a proper method for this ethnomathematical analysis. The methodological instrument, called MOMET, created for this "formal interpretative study" of braiding craftwork, focused on two aspects: the final product of the craftwork analysed in its overall complexity, and the process carried out to create it. The methodological tool developed consists of two components: an ethnographic analysis method (MET) and a mathematical analysis model (MOM). Together they compose the MOMET methodological tool, which enables Ethnomathematical modelling of braiding craftwork.
Ethnomathematics; Braiding craft; Ethnographic Analysis; Mathematical Modelling; Research Method
