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The dextral strips are uniformly over one and under two sinistral 

 and over two and under one vertical (figs. 5c and 5d). The vertical 

 strips are uniformly over one and under two dextral and over two 

 and under one sinistral (figs. 5e and 5/). 



Fig. 6. — Method of giving 

 hexagonal form to base, 



AT UPSET. 



Fig 7. — Method of finish- 

 ing AT the border^ with 

 two hoops of RATTAN. 



In fig. 6 is shown a continuation of the bottom in single technic, 

 with the rough side of the strips outward, indicating the method of 

 giving the hexagonal form to the base at the upset. Fig. 7 illus- 



\^- 



Fig. 8. — Method of turning strips at 



THE border, polished SIDE OUT. 



trates the interweaving of strips to form sides and the turning at 

 the border over two hoops of rattan. At the lower end of these 

 hoops the dextral and sinistral strips cross (fig. 8) and are inwoven 



Fig. 9. — Method of turning a-ertical strips at the 



BOEDER, polished SIDE OUT. 



back with the polished side out, over the whole surface of the 

 basket and are cut off where they meet, usually at one side of the 

 bottom, or at the upper edge of the design, if there be one. 



