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Fig. 15 (Cat. Xo. 216270, U.S.N.M.) illustrates the most popular 

 method of coiled work in Malaysian basketry. The rattan and its 

 allies are so abundant and so well adapted that there is no need 

 of the many kinds of coiled work seen in America. The upper draw- 

 ing (a) shows a portion of a coiled basket near the rim; the middle 

 drawing (b) is a diagram of the technic; the lower figure (c) ex- 

 plains the beginning at the bottom. It is the single-rod coil through- 

 out and the border is finished off with a single split wound on the 

 rim between the turns of the active part. 



Color. — Malaysian basketry does not abound in bright colors. 

 Living on the shady side of the forests, the women's textile work is 

 not brilliant. Beautiful effects come from different woods, from 

 aging, from native dyes, and from trade colors. It may be also that 

 the motives for color are lacking. (See Jernung.) 



Fig. 15. — Coir, ion basket, single-rod foundation, spiral bottom. 



Cover. — That part of the basket which closes the receptacle. What 

 might be termed (-overwork is here in mind, and the crude, primitive 

 ways of building up a shoulder and fitting the cap are interesting. 

 (See Plates I, V, VI, XII, XIV.) 



Crossed warp. — Two sets of passive parts cross each other at an 

 angle, as in hexagonal technic. They may be latticed or intertwined. 

 Examples will show. 



Curl work. — Especially in pandanus leaf work, the overlying strips 

 are curled, to produce relief effects. (See fig. 10, and Plate II.) 



Cycloidwork. — One or more stems bent round and round by cy- 

 cloidal movement. The separate turns may be free or interlocked. 

 Used in decorative foots, borders, covers, etc. (See fig. 33, and Plate 

 XIV.) 



Decoration. — (See Ornamentation.) 



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