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secured through boiling kElyan (Diospyros cunalon D. C. ?) bark. 

 For ceremonial purposes they are also colored yellow by applying the 

 juice of the konig {Curcuma longa), but as this has a disagreeable 

 odor, and the color is not permanent, it is not much used in every-day 

 garments. Lemon juice is also applied to bark to give it a yellow hue. 



Fish nets are colored brown by dipping them into a dye made by 

 crushing the katakot vine in water, or by staining with the juice of 

 the taotawa {Jatropha curcas L.). 



The bamboo strips used in decorating basketry are blackened by 

 holding them in the smoke of burning rice-straw. Black designs, such 

 as appear in the ornamentation of lime holders and the like, are se- 

 cured by rubbing oil and soot into incised lines, and then holding the 

 object in the smoke of burning rice-straw. 



Net Making. — Nets are used in fishing, in catching wild chickens 

 and grasshoppers, and in hunting deer and pigs. The first three types 

 are made of twine, but the fourth is of strong rope. 



All net work is done by the man who, for this purpose, employs a 

 mesh stick and a needle of bamboo or carabao horn (Fig. 20). The 

 needle (No. 1) also serves as a shuttle, since it carries a considerable 

 amount of thread between the tongue and notch. The size of the loop 

 is determined by the width of the mesh stick or spreader (No. 2). The 

 operator generally sits on a rice winnower or squats on the ground 

 with a net suspended above him (Plate LXX). He forms the mesh 



fig. 20. 

 net needle and mesh stick. 



by running the needle over and around the spreader, and up and 

 through the loop above, thus forming a loop on the mesh stick. This 

 is drawn tightly, the needle is again passed through, but without en- 

 circling the stick, and thus a knot is tied. This is repeated until a row 

 of loops has been completed, when another series is started. 



Manufacture of Pottery. — In nearly every village there are two 

 or three women who make jars and dishes, but the potters of Abang 



