Natural history . CARVED KNOB-STICKS FROM MULANDI The collection is rich in basketry and matting. One of the mostremarkable things about this basketry is the great variety of it we find wicker, checker, twill, close twine, open twine, twilled twine,three-ply twine, ti twine, one-rod coil, bifurcated coil, grass coil, opengrass coil, coil without foundation and wrapped weave. Of these,the one-rod coil and open twine are the finest types. The decorationsare in dead black, produced by steeping the material in marsh is of special interest to find the ti weave here, since this has h
Natural history . CARVED KNOB-STICKS FROM MULANDI The collection is rich in basketry and matting. One of the mostremarkable things about this basketry is the great variety of it we find wicker, checker, twill, close twine, open twine, twilled twine,three-ply twine, ti twine, one-rod coil, bifurcated coil, grass coil, opengrass coil, coil without foundation and wrapped weave. Of these,the one-rod coil and open twine are the finest types. The decorationsare in dead black, produced by steeping the material in marsh is of special interest to find the ti weave here, since this has hereto-fore been considered peculiar to the Porno Indians of California. Thecollection contains one large storage basket similar to one shown onpage 81. All such baskets are of the open grass coil type. The designsupon mats and baskets are triangular like those upon pots and wooden. MAKING A LARGE, STORAGE BASKET A Basuto man is in the basket 81 SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICAN COLLECTION 83 vessels, though occasionally the forms of animals and men are foundupon baskets. In south and central Africa the Barotse have great reputation asworkers in iron, but their implements are crude. The smelting is donewith a rude furnace, and the forging with rude bellows made of skin,stone anvils and in some cases with stone hammers too. Neverthelesswith these crude tools the native blacksmiths turn out some excellentknives, daggers, axes, spears and swords. The collection contains agreat variety of iron tools, spears and ear ornaments, illustrating quitecompletely the native iron industries. A very conspicuous character in religious and ceremonial activitiesin all African tribes is the so-called witch doctor, who is in reality apriest. Such men have various outfits, consisting of charms, medicinesand regalia, but in almost every case they have upon a string two slenderpieces of ivory repr
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