Saii/i'aii Round Baskr/s. 



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the usual two-loop handle which passes through the cap, thus attaching that part 

 to the basket as long as the cords are unbi-oken. 



4259. Base 7.5 in. D ; 7-5 i"- hig^i; cap 5 in. Q ; V^ in- strip; cords of olona passed 

 through sides near corners. 



4260. Base 4.2 in. D ; 8 in. high ; cap 3 in. D ; strips % in. 



4261. Base 6.2X5.5 in.; 7.2 in. high; cap 4X3.5 in.; strips :^^ in. Single two-ply 

 cord itp opposite sides and through cap. 



4263. Base 13.5 in. D; 14 in- higli; cap S in. D; ''2 in. .strips shaved to half width 

 in narrowing for neck. Cord of braided hau runs through the weave externally 



Fig. 47. SAMOAN ROUND BASKKTS. 



diagonally to the corners and up the sides ; loose at base of neck and then through 

 cap at the corners. The arrangement of cord handles is shown in the largest 

 basket in Fig. 46. 

 4262. Base 5.5 in. D ; 7 in. high; no cap; peculiar as having a red embroidered tri- 

 angle on each side, and a band of the same just below the neck. 



A form of basket in the collection, usually called a fisherman's basket, is of 

 like shape with these last, but has- a stiff handle and two small cylindrical pockets 

 attached to opposite sides, but I believe that this form is very modern, and of the three 

 specimens within reach not one has been used. The}- do not seem well suited to their 

 alleged use. 



Samoan Baskets. — As may be supposed other Polynesians made use of pan- 

 danus in basket making, and many of those that have come to us are far more artistic 

 than those made by the Hawaiians. At the same time it must be remembered that 



