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piece of cotton, just as before, to complete the first loop (67) on the 
right of the second row, and at the same time the first loop on the 
third row (c'). Horizontal rows, each of seven loops, are thus 
superimposed, one on top of the other (L), until a sufficient length is 
obtained, when the first and last rows are worked into one another 
to complete the anklet ring. 
51. Withfourrounded split-eye needles (pl. 10 A).—Cordsmadewith 
four needles (fig. 23 A) are to be seen worn by Patamona, Makusi, 
and other men and 
boys as arm bands 
(sec. 540). I have 
seen the former 
people make them. 
The needles, about 3 
inches long, are in 
the shape of spills, 
cut from the midrib 
of the kokerit leaf, 
nicked at their 
thicker ends, and slit 
from one-fourth to 
three-eighths of an 
H i 3 inch down at the base 
P ; of the nick (B) to re- 
\ [\ ceive the thread when 
required. With the 
four needles held be- 
tween thumb and in- 
dex finger of left hand, 
wind onto them, af- 
ter the manner illus- 
trated in the dia- 
gram, the distalend of 
a cotton strand un- 
wound from a ball, 
and take care that 
its various positions relative to the respective needles do not 
become accidentally altered. From left to right, we will number 
the needles 1 to 4. Pass the cotton over the front of needle 1 
and thread it onto 2 (C); push 2 downward, and catching it below 
the four horizontal rows of strand very tightly with the right 
thumb and index finger, pull it downward and outward from below. 
The result of this movement is that the cotton is freed from the 
needle, and hangs down in a loop (D). Now hold 2 by its “head,” 
and passing its point under the top horizontal strand and through 
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Fic. 22.—Cotton-band making; with two hooked needles. 
