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337. Very large basket, used to carry fruit and vegetables. 



338. Clothes hamper, with cover. 



339-340. Fire-fans, used to fan a charcoal fire. 



341-342. Rice baskets of bamboo, from which the Javanese eat their rice at the 

 table. 



343. Ornamental painted food-baskets, used to carry food on a journey. 



344. Ornamental painted work-basket. 



345. Cigarette wrappers made from sections of bamboo leaf with the lower epidermis 



removed. 



THE SEDGE FAMILY (Cyptraceae) 



346. Snow-shoe made of the fiber of the Tule, Scirpus validus Vahl. Native of 



North American swamps. Made by the Klamath Indians of Oregon. 



347. Mexican soplador or fire-fan. — Made of a species of Scirpus. Acquired in 



Mexico, in 1901, by J. N. Rose. 



348. Model of balsa or canoe used on the southern portion of Lake Titicaca, 



Bolivia. These balsas are made wholly of the stems of Scirpus riparius 

 Presl., growing in the lake. Acquired by R. S. Williams. 



349. Balangot. — The straw of Cyperus malaccensis Lam. Native of the Philippine 



Islands. Presented by Theodore Muller. 



350. Tayoc. — The straw of Fimbristylis diphylla Vahl. Same source and donor. 



351. Tikug. — The straw of a species of Fimbristylis. Same source and donor. 



352. The straw of an undetermined sedge. Native of the northwestern United 



States. Much used as a textile fiber. Presented by the Northwestern 

 Grass and Twine Co., of St. Paul, Minnesota. 



353. Rope made from same. Same donors. 



354. Samples of material from same, used for making rugs. Same donors. 

 355-356. Rugs made from same. Same donor. 



357-358. Cushions made from same. Same donor. 



THE PALM FAMILY {Palmae) 



359. Ornamental palm branch. — A leaf of the date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera L., 



split and braided. Native of northern Africa and cultivated in all tropical 

 countries for its fruit. Leaf used in the Coptic churches of Cairo, Egypt, 

 in 1893. Presented by Miss Anna Murray Vail. 



360. Another form of same. 



361. Cross made of same leaf. — Used in the churches of Athens on Palm Sunday 



in 1893. Same donor. 



362. Egyptian fire-fan made from the same. — Purchased at Assiont, Egypt, in 



1893, by the same donor. 



363. Another form of same. 



364. Ornamental basket made from same leaf. — Made at Esneh and Asinan, 



Upper Egypt. Same donor. 



365. Velvety coating of leaf-sheaths of Thrinax parviflora Sw. Native of West 



Indies. Used for stuffing pillows and cushions. Acquired in Cuba and 

 donated by Mrs. N. L. Britton. 



366. Thrinax broom. — Made of the leaf-blades of Thrinax keyensis Sarg. Native 



