RoTH] DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS AND REQUISITES 283 
ward, outward and upward at the latter. More than this, subse- 
quently to the bending, each successive strand passes behind two 
others before it rejoins the plait. The plait is continued to form this 
band until such time as three strands alone remain at its lower outer 
corner (D). Occasionally during the bending process, each strand 
may pass behind three others, but four free ones will then have to be 
left at the lower corner. Half the collar being now finished, it is 
turned on its other side and the remaining half completed in similar 
fashion. The two lateral edges of the collar, which is bent on itself 
into more or less of a ring, are then plaited together and constitute 
the neck (EK, F, 0). 
349. Shoulder: To form the shoulder (pl. 69, fig. 1, E, F, ce) addi- 
tional strands placed parallel with the free side of the collar just com- 
pleted are plaited into those stretching therefrom, the former being 
ultimately worked in among themselves by the bending process (al- 
ready described) upon reaching the limits of what the Indians call 
the mouth. When finished, the shoulder forms with the lower half of 
the collar a triangular surface with its vertex, the scapular point 
(p) downward. The number of additional strands inserted for the 
manufacture of the shoulder may be the same as that of those em- 
ployed in the foundation (9+-7=16 in the present instance), any 
extra being put in with the view, not only of increasing the capacity 
of the future body, but also of insuring that the total number— 
foundation, additional, and extra—together constitute some multiple 
of three. These essentials may be tabulated as follows: 
Approxi- 
Foundation.| Additional.| Extra. Matas ay cere Ha, 
used. 
16 16 1 (or 4) 33 4 
20 20 | 2 (ord) 42 5 
24 24 | 0(or3) 48 6 
28 28 | 1 (or4) 57 7 
32 32 2 (or 5) 66 8 
It thus comes about that the size of a cassava squeezer is gauged 
by the number of itiriti stems used in its manufacture, eight strands, 
as already shown (sec. 101), being allowed to each stem. Instead of 
describing the article as being so many feet long or of such and such 
cubical capacity, etc., the Indian simply speaks of it as so many itiriti. 
Those of six and eight itiriti, the largest manufactured, are orthodox 
(i. e., employed for actual domestic use) ; those of seven itiriti I have 
never seen, while all those of a lower denomination are made for sale 
