m. 1631. I 00 Mill. \in OF MALAYSIAN BASKETWORR -MASON, 



sets of elements may all be functioned alike, or the knotworks may 

 be in sets, as about the border of a sii-i basket. (See fig. 33.) 



Sewing. — A convenient name for technic in basketry in which holes 

 arc pierced and slender filaments of rattan are used singly or in series 

 for joining and for ornament. Seen on shields as well as baskets. 

 On the latter it serves to hold the foot, the uprights, the border hoops 

 together and in place. Many examples in the Abbott collection, es- 

 pecially from Borneo. 



Fig. 34 (Cat. No. 221625, T.S.X.M.) illustrates the double sewing 

 associated with imitation of twined weaving done on Malaysian 

 shields. In the drawing the dark split 

 or stem is doubled in the middle and 

 passed through the first hole in the 

 shield. The two ends are then laced 

 through the other holes, making a 

 twine at each stitch. At the same time 

 each end is twined a few times with 

 another split that does not go through 

 the holes in the shield excepting the 

 first one. 



Fig. 35 (Cat. No. 237061, H.S.N.M.) 

 is of the same type, but two outside 

 splits are twisted in, making a three- 

 strand twine. 



Shoulder. — The rim of a basket fitted 

 to receive a close cover. (See Cover.) 



Sides. — The English and American 

 makers call the body of a basket 

 " sides." The sides of a Malaysian bas- 

 ket may be quite distinct or all alike. 

 The latter may be three-sided, four- 

 sided, or many-sided, depending on 

 the shape of the framework. 



Single. — Term applied to that vari- 

 ety of technic in which there is no pas- 

 sive part or foundation, and one active, 

 moving element or set of element-. 

 Examples of such basketwork are to 

 lie -ecu in America, but they are not 

 classed apart. (See figs. 4:2 and 100 of Aboriginal American 

 Basketry.) In Malaysia the long, rigid, and elastic steins render it 

 possible to make wider excursions of technic. The word "single** 

 does not necessarily mean one stem, for there may be several side by 

 side, as shown in the illustrations; but they are all doing active service 

 and all performing the -elf-same motions, curving and interlocking. 

 (See Plato XIII.) 



FjG. 34.— I In! I'.l.i: SEW] SG ON SI! [ELD. 



