2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxv. 



an inch and one-half wide. Two loops of twined work furnish the 

 hold for the carrying band of bast. The specimen is from Banka 

 Island. 



The second figure represents a covered, jar-shape basket (Cat. No. 

 237103, U.S.N.M.), from the island of Engano. It is in what is 

 called single lacing. (See Lacing.) The foot of the basket is a 

 braided ring of rattan split, and the bottom is set in. 



The third specimen is a rough basket, or ambong, of bark (Cat. 

 No. 232652, U.S.N.M.), from Klabat Bay, Banka Island, for carrying 

 various articles, from live animals to yams. It is made of five coarse 

 strips, U-shape, woven in open checkerwork at the bottom, bent up 

 and held in place by coarse twined weaving of vine. On the front of 

 the picture will be seen the rude handle. (See Barkwork.) 



The fourth figure, lying on its side (Cat. No. 229406, U.S.N.M.). 

 from Singapore, is a rice steamer. The cylindrical body is made of a 

 strip of hard, tough bark, the ends sewed together. The borders are 

 of hoopwork, sewed on with Malay knots. The movable bottom is an 

 elaborate grating of bamboo strips. The handles are bails of rattan. 

 The top is of pandanus leaf. The rice is placed in a steamer, which 

 is set over boiling water, and the steam does the cooking. 



The fifth specimen (Cat, No. 221516, U.S.N.M.), from Labuan 

 Jawa, South Pagi Island, is of wickerwork in rattan stems, showing 

 the bod}' and the method of turning down, inweaving, and fastening 

 off. For the beginning of the work at the bottom, see fig. 8. 



The figure on the extreme right (Cat. No. 221538, U.S.N.M.), from 

 Simalur Island, is a small hand basket of fine rattan splits, in what is 

 called wrapped weaving.* The border is of false braidwork. It is 

 interesting to find on this side of the world a technic identical with 

 that among the Makah Indians of Vancouver Island. (See fig. 10.) 



In my work entitled Aboriginal American Basketry h it was found 

 convenient, after consulting with many fellow-students, to adopt a 

 uniform set of names for the materials, forms, structural parts, tech- 

 nical processes, and appliances involved. As in the former work, so 

 here, words in common use are adopted with their conventional mean- 

 ings. Native names for all specimens have been carefully gathered by 

 Doctor Abbott, and they are priceless; but they must be employed 

 sparingly in a glossary, since there are almost as many different dia- 

 lects spoken in the Malaysian area as were found in the United States 

 by the firsi settlers. 



In no other part of the world are such accommodating plants to be 

 found for our art. The varied forms of basketry grow out of the 

 demands of a tropical climate and the industries occasioned thereby. 



Sec Aboriginal American Basketry, fig. -2. p. 236. 

 6 Report, U. S. National Museum, 1902, pp. 193-197. 



