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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



4. Bottom bounded by upsett in different technic. 



5. Bottom with foot. 



6. Bottom separate and set in. 



7. Bottom entirely movable. 



Cat. No. 232636, U.S.N.M., is a type of bottom seen in a great num- 

 ber of Malaysian baskets (fig. 7). It consists of two series of thin 

 splits latticed at right angles in their middles. They are held securely 

 in place by a double row of boustrophic twinedwork forming the 

 upsett, and also braced by single rows of twining crossed diagonally. 

 The splits are then all bent up at right angles to become the warps 



of the body, which 

 is built up by vari- 

 ous technics over a 

 mold. (See Mold- 

 ing. ) 



Fig. 8 (Cat. No. 

 221513. U.S.N.M.) 

 shows the bottom 

 of a globular wick- 

 er basket. Fifteen 

 rattan stems in 

 groups of fives laid 

 side by side are 

 bent and laid on 

 and under one an- 

 other so that each 

 stem will cross 

 one from another 

 group, all in place 

 resembling curved 

 spokes of an iron 

 wheel. In this po- 

 sition they are held 

 together in pairs by two rows of wrapping about alternate crossings. 

 Adjacent stems are then brought together in pairs and fastened with 

 another double row of wrapping. Just outside of this 'the regular 

 wickerwork begins, forming the upsett. The pairs of stems continue 

 as warp up to the rim. 



Bovst/'ophic. — Applied to twined or other technic that does not 

 pass round and round spirally, but back and forth dextrally and 

 sinist rally. 



Braidwoi'k. — Narrow fabric, in which three or more elements are 

 interwoven, but there is no distinction between passive and active 

 parts; all are pliant and active. The Malaysian women are wonder- 

 fully adept in making and applying it. Braidwork may be flat, like 

 sennit, or round, or square. Braiding may be a part of general 



Fig. 7. — Lattice bottom, with twined upsett in boustropii. 



