RoTH] TWINE, CORDS, AND BANDS 113 
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59. The sarau is used for making the “bar” variety of hammock 
(sec. 463), and for the constituents of the scale lines (sec. 480). In 
the latter case the fiber is rolled more coarsely and a three-ply made 
instead of a two-ply. The method and procedure are identical, 
though on a larger scale, of course, with what is to be observed in the 
manufacture of the huri-aring variety of kuraua twine (sec. 69). 
60. The sensoro is made on an exactly reverse plan to the ordinary 
two-ply sarau, each strip (fig. 25 L) being rolled separately down the 
middle third of the thigh, and then together up (M), with the addition 
that, owing, it is stated, to the increased thickness of twine resulting 
from the two strips being generally used unsplit, the rolling in either 
direction is repeated two, three, or more times. To prevent the 
two strips becoming untwisted on 
completion of each successive roll 
in the same direction they are 
deftly picked up between the right 
thumb and forefinger before the pres- 
sure exerted by the palm on their 
distal ends is removed and so placed 
in suitable position ready for the 
next roll. The completed sensoro 
thread can always be distinguished 
from the two-ply sarau by its twist 
being a right-to-left one. It is em- 
ployed for making the purse-net (sec. 
477) hammock (WER, m1). 
61. The strap or band (pl. 13 A) 
used by the Wapishana with their 
shoulder basket is made from the 
ite on the following lines: After 
removal of the shreds (outer cuticle) 
from the leaf by the process already 
described (sec. 57) they are rolled 
down the thigh (but not made into twine) and inserted, at about 7 or 8 
inches from their bases, either into a stick split down about three- 
quarters of its length and tightly tied at its open end, or in between two 
sticks similarly fixed at their extremities (fig. 26 A). In either case the 
insertion of each shred is alternate, one being passed from above and its 
neighbor from below. There thus arises a double layer of shreds—an 
upper (a) and a lower bundle (b)—each of which is loosely knotted atits 
distal extremity with the idea of keeping all its constituents free from 
entanglement. The free basal ends are of no concern to us for the 
present. A comparatively long length of ite twine is now laid at its 
middle, parallel with the sticks, in between the two layers (B), which 
are next crossed over it, the crossing being effected by passing each 
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Fic. 26.—Manufacture of Wapishana shoulder 
strap or band. 
