Lacis, practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net; . Illustration 59.—Dyak Pin used in weaving. that might find a place quite appropriately among otherbeautiful implements of work. Mention must also be made of a small fish-net that is tobe found among the products of the Kayam tribe, and recallsthose made in Egypt long ago. The following illustrations (60, 61, 62, 63) will be ofinterest in showing some of the different varieties of netsmade in ancient times, the great similarity both in their con-struction and use to those of the present day being worthyof note. All these specimen
Lacis, practical instructions in filet brodé or darning on net; . Illustration 59.—Dyak Pin used in weaving. that might find a place quite appropriately among otherbeautiful implements of work. Mention must also be made of a small fish-net that is tobe found among the products of the Kayam tribe, and recallsthose made in Egypt long ago. The following illustrations (60, 61, 62, 63) will be ofinterest in showing some of the different varieties of netsmade in ancient times, the great similarity both in their con-struction and use to those of the present day being worthyof note. All these specimens demonstrate most clearly the universalapplication of the Fundata design, and from the adaptabilityof very widely differing materials to the formation of net-work we can undoubtedly discover one reason for its longsurvival. For not only have nets been composed of shells and A Short Account of Nets beads and different fibres, but the very finest threads, silks, andgold, and even silver, threaded with jewels, have been employed. Illustration 60.—Bird Traps. in making them, and in later ages we arrive at a very highstate of perfection in their manufacture, the netting or caul-
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