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industrial products there are usually made up and are scarcely ever 

 in the whole piece, and, moreover, since nails, screws, and rivets and 

 the like are not suitable to bamboo and rattan, the importance of this 

 particular knot will be realized. Only the free end is needed in tying 

 it. Usually it is found in sets or series, and in some cases four or 

 five sets are woven into intricate and decorative effects. The first 



Fig. 25.— Malay knots — The most common in hasketry of Malaysia. 



drawing- (a) is the knot in the process of forming; in h the parts are 

 drawn together; in c all is made fast, and in d a vertical example is 

 shown, the active end of the split working downward. 



Fig. 26, a and d (Cat. Xo. 237089, U.S.N.M.) and b and c (Cat. No. 

 237078, U.S.N.M.), illustrates a knotwork very common in the Abbott 



Fig. 26. Mousing knots on borders. 



Malaysian baskets, especially on borders. It is in the nature of what 

 the sailors call " mousing," and reminds one of the script lower case 

 " /." The process is susceptible of several varieties in the upright as 

 well as in the horizontal portion of the knot. Lehmann's figs. 38, 39, 

 and 44, Plate I, present three of these. In the drawings here shown 

 the knots belong in a series of border wrappings, every seventh one 



