PLATE LIV. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



I-'k;. 1)0. Twilled palm-leaf basket- wallet of Fiji Islanders, woven double, the inside 

 of plain checker pattern of broad pieces. The exterior covered with every 

 conceivable manipulation of black and white strips of palm-leaf, varying 

 in width. Introduced here for comparison with twilled weaving on our 

 continent. Collected in Fiji, by Captain Wilkes, in 1840. 



