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Malays: General brown people, in many subdivisions, ethnic and 

 cultural. 



Mincopi : Aborigines of Andaman Islands. 



Niasese: Of Nias Island, west of Sumatra. 



Nicobarese. (See Shompeng.) 



Sakais: On the Malay Peninsula. 



Sellungs : In Mergui Archipelago, west of Malay Peninsula. 



Semangs: An aboriginal people of Malacca Peninsula. 



Shompeng: Aborigines of the Nicobar Islands. 



VOCABULARY. 



Abbreviations. — If they are to be used, the following rules are 

 suggested : In bibliography, those adopted for the International 

 Catalogue would be the best. For special basketry expedients the 

 letter x may stand for an indefinite number, as in the sentence, " At 

 the upsett, about the carrying band, and on the borders of burden 

 baskets, x rows of close work are added for additional strength." 



There would be no obscurit}- in putting ver., hor., dex., and sin. 

 for vertical, horizontal, dextral, and sinistral, in describing the in- 

 tricate technic of certain classes of basketwork. Also, in describing 

 twilled work, the fractional formula may be employed, for example. 



"• under-two-over-one," could be ^ ; or hor. = — — ' would mean "the 



1 ' sin. 



horizontal splits all pass under the dextral and over the sinistral 

 splits." Care should be taken to explain what is meant by an ab- 

 breviation and to have it signify always the same idea. 



Dr. J. Lehmann reduces the whole nomenclature of loomless textiles 

 (Gefiechtsarten) to formulas, in which Roman and Arabic numerals, 

 capitals, and lower-case type, and Greek letters are employed to show 

 at a glance the most intricate textures. 



Added parts. — Include all attachments for adapting baskets to 

 their specialties. The betel basket will have pockets for the different 

 -i 1 1 (stances; at the bottom of the bolo basket will be a block of spongy 

 wood to receive the point; the bird cage, the fish basket, the protector 

 for hot food, will all be fitted for their several functions. 



. I m bong. — General Malay name for a carrying or burden basket. 



. I//-/. — The Malaysian basket-makers practice something like sew- 

 ing and make hundreds of fine holes for the rattan filaments that do 

 (he work of thread. The holes are made with piercers (see Pierced 

 work), but as the effect is produced by a thrust, with revolutions, the 

 instruments will be described and illustrated under Drill. (See 

 Plate IV.) 



Bach-pad. — A smooth piece of spathe or bark sewed on the side of 

 a burden basket that is worn against the naked back of the carrier. 

 Though this type of basket has rounded body, the squared foot and 



