ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



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strcngtlieiu'd with a lioop. The bottom i.s square. h<'ld in shape ])y 

 sticks, and cai-ricd ])y means of a head])and of l)ark. 



Fi"-. 8 is a carryin*;- basket {AyantpediKi, (fiKini))!) of tlie Kaineim 

 Indians, on the Rio Alto Parana, colleetod ])y Rohde Anil)rosotti in 

 southern lira/il. It is an ehiborate spoeinien ])uilt on a framework 

 with a round hoop at the. top and two ox-l)ow shaped pieces of wood 

 crossine- under the ))ottom to give shape to the body. The upper part 

 of th(> surface is in wicker work. A l)and around the middk' in twiUed 

 weavino- is ornamented with rhom])oidal patterns and the k^wei- part 

 is also covered with wicker work. The headband is in tough Itark. 



Fig. 4 is a carr3'ing 

 basket (apoi) made by the 

 Warrau Indians, on the 

 Rio Orinoco-Cuyuni in 

 (xuiaua. The framework 

 and covering are interest- 

 ing on account of the dis- 

 tribution of this peculiar 

 form, which may I )e found 

 as far north as Guatemala 

 and around the Caribljean 

 Sea. The work is in 

 twilled weaving, and the 

 border is formed })y strips 

 of wood sewed to the 

 upper edge. The head- 

 band is in two-strand 

 rope. 



Nieuhoff describes the 

 Brazilian basketry of his 

 day." 



The baskets of the In- 

 dians of southern Brazil 

 are made of palm-tree 

 leaves. They call them 

 patigua. They have also some made of reed or of cane. These are 

 with one general name called karamemoa. They make also large 

 broad baskets of reeds and ])ranches twisted together. These they 

 call panaku, and are chiefly used for the carrying of the mandioka 

 root. In their journeys they alwa3's make use of the patigua, but the 

 panaku is used by the slaves and negroes in the Receif for the con- 

 veniency of carriage. 



The Guatos Indians in southern Brazil employ twined weaving in 

 the manufacture of mantles and the Cadricios Indians on tht^ Paraqua 

 River make grass bags i)i the same technic. 



Fig. 204. 



carryim; net. 



Araucanian Indians. 



'Voyages in Brazil, in Churchill, II, p. 132. 



