. Bulletin. Ethnology. 132 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 118 (5) Latanier {Thrinax sp.), a fan-shaped palm which seems to have been used in the past, according to old authors, much more than at the present time, having then served in the manufacture of tables, squeezers, and even baskets. Perhaps the palm has become scarcer, or it may be that the authors were mistaken. Within the reserve its use is confined today to broom making, and to plaiting and sew- ing its septae into a sort of game basket (fig. 24) they calledjokom". The people in another part of the island (Penville), where
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 132 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 118 (5) Latanier {Thrinax sp.), a fan-shaped palm which seems to have been used in the past, according to old authors, much more than at the present time, having then served in the manufacture of tables, squeezers, and even baskets. Perhaps the palm has become scarcer, or it may be that the authors were mistaken. Within the reserve its use is confined today to broom making, and to plaiting and sew- ing its septae into a sort of game basket (fig. 24) they calledjokom". The people in another part of the island (Penville), where there used to be many and still are a few Caribs, also make of latanier a kind of sack which they use for pressing their manioc. (6) Bamboo is used as well as for the round baskets mentioned in (4) for making sambwa, a kind of round basket with narrowed mouth, used for carrying fish caught off the rocks. It is also employed as an alternate to cotton thread in making kali, a local variety of fish pot or landing net used for catching flying fish (fig. 25). The sambwa is, except for its shape, of similar construction to the round radial-type baskets and has a cord handle. The kali. Figure 23.—Shoulder Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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