no.1631. VOCABULARY OF MALAYSIAN BASKETWORK \1AS0N. 



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In the lower drawing it is braidwork among the bends and the 

 stems are in twos and fours. 



Cat. No. 221516, U.S.N.M., gives a border in braidwork without 

 knotwork (fig. 6), in which three stems of rattan braid together in 

 pairs. <//>, (/c, he. over the bends of warps. Such combinations are 

 found on ornamental baskets in wiekerwork. 



Bottomwork. — Malaysian basketry, though it varies greatly, finds 

 its prime motive in the bottomwork. especially the burden baskets, 



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Fig. 6. Rattan stems bhaided i\ pairs over bent-down warps. 



with their square footing and framework for cylindrical and conical 

 bodies. A deal of bottomwork is simplest checker or twilled work 

 in what will be the stakes, the warp, the active elements in forming 

 the body. Added to these will be the stiffening parts, the footing, 

 the knotting, the sewing, and the staying parts, or accessories. The 

 following varieties are easily distinguished: 



1. Bottom and body in one indistinguishable. 



2. Bottom in similar technic, much plainer. 



3. Bottom elements all warps of sides. 



