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The vertical strips are carried over the upper hoop — the alter- 

 nate ones moving from outside and from inside — and are inwoven 



Fig. 10. — Method of fixishixc, .^t the bokdeu. 



back over the rough surface, leaving the polished side out (figs. 9 

 and 10). 



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Pig. 11. — Method of ornamentation. 



The ornamental designs, which are not common in the Abbott 

 collections, are formed, as mentioned, by curling or twisting the outer 

 layer of strips as they are inwoven (fig. 11). 



