. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 26 Alai and Basket Jl'tai'ing. coco cord. Tlie long strips crossing tlie bottom appear again on the sides and serve for luiiKres to this verv tlexihle 1:)asket. Returning to basket No. 1888 (sec Fig. 34) we also eornc back to (Uir pri«iiti\-e coco leaf strnt*^nre. The midrib is split and cut int short set'Rions with the leaflets attached, and these seAions break joints all round the inside of the rim, as shown in the figure, where one is supposed to be looking into the basket.
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. 26 Alai and Basket Jl'tai'ing. coco cord. Tlie long strips crossing tlie bottom appear again on the sides and serve for luiiKres to this verv tlexihle 1:)asket. Returning to basket No. 1888 (sec Fig. 34) we also eornc back to (Uir pri«iiti\-e coco leaf strnt*^nre. The midrib is split and cut int short set'Rions with the leaflets attached, and these seAions break joints all round the inside of the rim, as shown in the figure, where one is supposed to be looking into the basket. The weave is nsnall}' a three-leaf twdll ehanging ft)nr times in tlie circnniferenee from the vertical to horizontal with five-leaf twill; the upper rim is braided. To make the basket of good substance the leaflets are donl)le, the midrib in centre of fold, so that it shows on the external edge of the strip. The basket is 14 in. in diameter and 9 in. high, and the bot- tom hole is in. in diameter, and the ])lug, as ma}' be seen in the figure, is rudely roniided, the ends of the doubled leaves being left very king. Tliere are no handles. The basket in the upper part uf the illustration is also from the Sokinion Ids., but of a x'cry different model and material. It is certainly a common form of food basket, as the Museum possesses three examples, two of them cpiite large. In these the bot- .^j. BASKETS rRo;\i Ki,ni< s. I. |_(jjjj \^ nuido in the usual wa}- without the mysterious lade. In our ignoraJice of the botan}' of the Solomons it is diffieult to determine the material used, wdiieh mneli rcsenddes rattan and was so labelled some years ago. If it l)e calamus it has lieen^ d)'ed a dark brown, almost black. Cane bas- kets of coiled wiu'k are common among the Australian natives; another in this eollee- ticui is from khji; and still another from New Britain. A^ plain flat rattan basket from Santa Crn/, is shown in h^ig. 35. This is 20 in. in diameter, ami the
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