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Plate XIY (Cat. No. 221525, U.S.X.M.) is a good example of the 

 interlocking cycloid, with three stems cooperating, the dropping 

 out of a stem and another taking the place while the motive goes on. 

 This plate shows the technic in position. It is a carrying basket from 

 Sikakap Strait, Pagi Islands, west of Sumatra. The body is a sin- 

 gle piece of spathe or inner bark rolled into the form of an inverted 

 cone. On the top the technic shown in the drawing is in place. It 

 was made independently of the basket and sewed on afterwards with 



a split of the same 

 material. The bottom 

 is of wood, set in. 

 The hoops at the top 

 and bottom are in 

 pairs and are held in 

 place by single rows 

 of the Malay knot- 

 work. The running 

 of splits in and out 

 and the knots tied on 

 the edges of the bark 

 are to be noted. 



Cat. Xo. 247749, 

 F.S.X.M., Plate XIII, 

 may be called a bur- 

 den crate, with bowed 

 framework, back of 

 bast and sides of rat- 

 tan in single technic 

 element, one-stem and 

 two-stem, forming in- 

 terlocking cycloids. 

 The shape should be 

 compared with that 

 of California cradles. 

 S i it ! .v / r a I. — See 

 ( Left oblique.) 



Skewer. — A strip of bamboo or hardwood sharpened at both ends 

 and thrust into a texture to stiffen it. 



Slath. — In English basketwork, two rods or splits used to hold 

 together and in place the bottom sticks at the beginning of a round 

 basket (Okey). Malaysian baskets start differently. (See Bottom- 

 work.) 

 Spathework. — (See Leafwork.) 



Spiral. — This term may be used in describing much Malaysian tex- 

 tile work, for ornamentation as well as for use. There may be flat, 

 conical, or cylindrical spiral. 



Fig. 35. — Sewing forming 3-steand twine 



