. Bulletin. Ethnology. 38 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 91 393. At end of section add: These may be what Van Sack had in mind when speaking of the large floor mats in a Surinam Arawak house; they were plaited in the same manner as the packall baskets. (SAC, 90.) Elsewhere in Surinam the Oyana and Trio had square floor mats made from the komboe (Oenocarpus) palm. (GOE, 20.). Figure 35.—Manufacture of the mat illustrated in Plate 10, o. (Sec. 39G) 395. Line 6, after pattern, add: Checker floor mats for the babies to lie and roll on were observed in some of the Wapishana houses. They were s
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 38 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 91 393. At end of section add: These may be what Van Sack had in mind when speaking of the large floor mats in a Surinam Arawak house; they were plaited in the same manner as the packall baskets. (SAC, 90.) Elsewhere in Surinam the Oyana and Trio had square floor mats made from the komboe (Oenocarpus) palm. (GOE, 20.). Figure 35.—Manufacture of the mat illustrated in Plate 10, o. (Sec. 39G) 395. Line 6, after pattern, add: Checker floor mats for the babies to lie and roll on were observed in some of the Wapishana houses. They were said to have been made from the wild plantain leaf. 396. At end of section add: The manufacture of a Wapishana pimpler-palm mat (pi. 10, a) having the raOs tied with fiber may be described as follows: With the divided pinnules of an as yet unopened leaf of the pimpler palm (Wap. wiressi) make a diamond on an hourglass foundation (sec. 433), taking in this case 20 by 20 strands for the purpose (fig. 35, a). Tie the upper projecting strands into their respective bundles (x). 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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