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Art. Vil. — A. Ma'sumnm: 



Fig. 12. — Cloth woven from hibiscus fibre, Triik. 



women, who have been {iccustonicd to simple clothing, put on 



European clothes, this 

 is I»ut a tine covering 

 for t'ltters, so to speak. 

 The art of weav- 

 ing is widely known 

 in botii the East an'l 

 West Caroline groups. 

 I liavo already men- 

 tioned the fabrics 

 woven by the women 



of Truk. In the islands of Ponapé and Kusaie also, line fabrics aro 



woven by women. In Ti-uk cloth is made from hbres of the bana- 

 na (3r the hibiscus 



tree. The • fabric 



used as loin-cloth 



for women is some 



60 cm. in breadth, 



while it is usually 



some 1 10 cm. long, 



the measure requir- 

 ed for covering the 



hips and thighs of 



women. Tlie cloth 



has vertical strips 



woven of the same 



material which is 



usually dyed black 



with the juice of 



grass (Fig. 12). But ^*9- i3-i^o'^i". K^aie. 



