. Bulletin. Ethnology. koth] ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF GUIANA INDIANS 59 below up, leaving the sides free, but plait them together over the base. The effect will be that on each face there are now three sets of free pinnules, one sloping downward, another passing up- ward from the side edge, and a third also sloping upward but from the base. From above down, plait the downward-sloping series of pinnules from both faces, one at a time, into a 3-ply (B). Bend this 3-ply upward and cover it up with another 3-ply made by including the upward-sloping pinnules one after another from below up (CO. Bush h
. Bulletin. Ethnology. koth] ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF GUIANA INDIANS 59 below up, leaving the sides free, but plait them together over the base. The effect will be that on each face there are now three sets of free pinnules, one sloping downward, another passing up- ward from the side edge, and a third also sloping upward but from the base. From above down, plait the downward-sloping series of pinnules from both faces, one at a time, into a 3-ply (B). Bend this 3-ply upward and cover it up with another 3-ply made by including the upward-sloping pinnules one after another from below up (CO. Bush hasket No. 3.—The Wapishana make yet another kind, of a rectangular shape, out of manicol. (PL 20, &.) The piece of midrib is again bent into three sections, the central forming the base, the proximal and distal the two lateral edges of the article. (Fig. 58, D.) Start plaiting from the center of the base up, and on completion of each face, plait together from below up, picking one at a time, the free ends of the pinnules sloping up on each side. 456 B. The Waiwai manufacture a very strong shoulder basket (knapsack) from the pimpler palm. (PI. 21, ) Take two of the unopened leaves, and, be- ginning at the base, open up and twist the pinnules outward one by one; on reaching the upper extremity pick off altogether the last few very small and fine ones. (Fig. 59, A.) After bend- ing each midrib sharply in two places and so dividing it into what will ulti- mately be the side and base supports of the future knapsack, tie opposite ends together in two places (B). The idea of tying opposite ends together is to insure the slope of the pinnules on the one leaf lying in a direction opposite to that of the other, and so allov/ing of their being plaited together. Remove all superfluous pinnules, i. e., those that may interfere with the regularity of the plait, and tie on additional ones where necessary to maintain it. Trim off the top and tie on a crosspiece. Now start plaiting the
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