Midrib Baskets. 9 



as the Gilbert group (No. 7518, not figured). In the Caroline basket, shown in PI. II, 

 and also more distindlly in Fig. 6, the same bits of midrib, that we have seen in the 

 simplest form of basket appear here again, in a somewhat degraded form it is true, 

 but when the covered rim is stripped of its covering of leaf sewed over with coco cord 

 there are the se(?tions of midrib, four in number, as the woodv tissue does not stand a 



FIG. 9. HAWAIIAN COCO LliAF PANS. 



sharp bend without breaking, and only enough wood has been left to hold the attached 

 leaflets together and at the same time take the place of the sticks often used in such a 

 place. The leaf strips are twilled into each other (two-leaf twill), forming a continu- 

 ous surface not absolutely symmetrical, and the ends are braided into a ridge extending 

 over more than half the length of the bottom, as shown in Fig. 7. This ridge serves 

 to strengthen the basket and protect the bottom from undue wear. The cover is 

 formed in similar way but with only one strip of midrib, and is attached to the basket 



