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becoming a single mousing. In the drawings of fig. 26, a is the mous- 

 ing knot in forming; b is another form; c shows the knot drawn 

 tight, and d a section of the finished border of a basket in double 

 lacing. (See Borclerwork, Lacing, and Mousing.) 



Fig. 27 (Cat. No. 237063, U.S.N.M.), a and b give two varieties of 

 quite similar knotwork uniting two parts of a shield and to give orna- 

 ment. It is scarcely 

 knotwork, since, if 

 the passive parts 

 were slipped out, 

 the active part 

 would no longer be 

 tied. In the draw- 

 ing a the active 

 split passes (1) be- 

 hind the upper 

 frame piece and 

 forward, (2) down- 

 ward in front of 

 both, (3) around 

 behind the lower 

 frame piece left- 

 ward of (2), move- 

 ment (4) is across 

 (2) rightwarcl and 

 backward to the starting point. In drawing b the movements of (1) 

 and (2) are the same, but in (3) the active part is moved rightward 

 and then leftward around to starting point. 



Fig. 27. — Knotwork ox Malaysian shields. 



Fig. 28. — Knotwoek and braidwork dnitbd. 



Fig. 28, <?, b, c are processes also on the shield (Cat. No. 237063, 

 U.S.N.M.). The knotwork combines two movements, both half 

 hitches, making pretty braid between. Drawing a should be com- 

 pared with the same letter in fig. 27. The moving split makes a half 

 hitch over the upper, then beneath the under warp, and moves up- 



