. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Fig. 4.—Padi basket with charms. corresponding point on the other side, forming theloop for the head, and then carried down to the footof the basket on that side to form the loop for theother shoulder. 58 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO A smaller cylindrical basket, very neatly plaitedof thin and very pliable strips of rattan, is usedfor carrying the few articles which a man takes with him in travel-ling— a little riceand tobacco, a sparewaist cloth, a sleep-i
. The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations. Fig. 4.—Padi basket with charms. corresponding point on the other side, forming theloop for the head, and then carried down to the footof the basket on that side to form the loop for theother shoulder. 58 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO A smaller cylindrical basket, very neatly plaitedof thin and very pliable strips of rattan, is usedfor carrying the few articles which a man takes with him in travel-ling— a little riceand tobacco, a sparewaist cloth, a sleep-ing mat, perhaps asecond mat of palmleaves used as aprotection againstrain, a roll of driedbanana leaves formaking cigarettes,perhaps a cap forwear in the house,and, not infre-quently nowadays,a bright colouredhandkerchief ofChinese silk. Thelip of the basket issurrounded by aclose set row ofeyes through whicha cord is this cord a netis attached, and isdrawn together inthe centre of theopening of thebasket by a secondcord, in order toThis basket is provided with.
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