PLATE XLI. 



(Mason. Basket-woik ) 



Fig. 71. Coiled basket of Tipper Egypt, made of Imudles of pahn-leaf veins, sewed 

 with strips of palm leaf. Introduced hero for comparison with the Moki 

 work. Ornamentation in red :ind black. A Jong red or black strip of leaf 

 is laid on the outside of a coil and caught down by alternate stitches. The 

 varying of the number of stitches caught over or covered by these strips 

 produces a multitude of effects. 'J'hese baskets are frequently pitched for 

 boats or Moses' arks. Collected by Dr. G. W. Samson, in Upper Egj pt, 1H48. 

 Museum number, 74871. 



Fig. 7'2. One square inch of Fig. 71, showing the sewing and the strips of ornament. 



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