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b}' .simply tuniiii<i' over the end.s of the warp and weaving' them back- 

 ward. The head strap is a wide strij) of inner hark. Prof. J. B. 

 Steere collected for the U. S. National Museum a tine specimen of 

 this same tj'pe of weaving- of the Jamaniadi, resemhling, in fact, tig. 2 

 of this i)lat(\ (See Plate 95, lig. 5.) 



Fig. 2 is a carrying hasket (shihati) of the lij'purina, Indians, living 

 on the liio Purus, collected l)y Paul Ehrenreich. The warp is crossed 

 and the weaving is done as in tig. 1, hut there are twice as many weft 

 splints, the hexagonal spaces being crossed by them. The border is 

 formed 1)V a hoop of wood. Strips are attached to the side of the 

 basket for strength, and string loops at the top for attachment of the 

 head band, which is in tough innei' liai'k of a tree, as in No. 1. 



Fig. 8 is a, carrving- basket (koiio) from the Paressi Indiiuis. on the 

 upper Tapajoz River, Brazil, in the collection of Dr. Carl von den 

 Steinen. This is an elegant })iece of work and worthy of study. One- 

 half of the warp (dements arc vcn'tical and the other inclined. Phe weft 

 passes through the interstices formed by the crossed warp in twos and 

 threes. At the top a hoop is used for strengthening; the warj) turned 

 back and held tirm ))v a single row of three-strand weaving. On the 

 sides a roi)e is attached to the weft elements for loops and tht» head- 

 band is made, as in the other specimens, from the toug'h inniu- l)ark of 

 a tree. 



Fig. -i is a children's carrying l)asket (mayaku) of the Balvairi Indians, 

 on the upper Xingu River, Brazil, and tig. 5 an example for adults 

 l)y the same tribe, from the collection of Dr. von den St(Mnen. They 

 are made of four elongated hoops of wood. One furnishes the bed or 

 bottom of the frame, two others the sides, and the smaller one the end. 

 Those who are accustomed to studjdng utensils used in transportation 

 will recognize in these two fi'anies African forms. The}" are not 

 basket work, either of them, in the strict sense of the word, since the 

 webbing which fills up the hoops is true network of string; the cross- 

 ings form regular knots. In both examples the headband is of bast, 

 or the inner bark of a tree, and in the larger the binding of the ])ottom 

 is in the same material. 



Plate 241, fig. 1, is a carrying basket (kodrabo) of the Boror-6 

 Indians, on the Rio Sao Lourenyo, Brazil, in the collection of Dr. von 

 den Steinen. It is in palm leaf, in regular twilled weaving common 

 throughout the world. The interesting portion, which ought not to be 

 overlooked, is the border, which is the midrib of the palm leaf, with 

 the leaflets attached. The carrying band or headband, as in other 

 examples, is in tough inner bark of a tree. 



Fig. 2 is a carrying basket of the Kabischi Indians, on the upper 

 Xingu River, in the collection of Hermann Meyer, found in an 

 abandoned camp. The weaving is in twilled work, forming rhom- 

 boidal patterns on the surface. The top of the basket is round and 



