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derived that they just allow of this arrangement being made.) The 
process is repeated with the next two corresponding strands, and 
so on until all the distal extremities of the strands projecting from 
the gable portion of the body’s sides have been plaited and tucked 
out of the way to constitute the two wings (B). 
371. Handle: The making of a handle out of the remaining proxi- 
mal ends of the strands projecting below the blade is next proceeded 
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Fic. 90.—Manufacture of Arawak fan—sawfish and wishbone patterns. 
with. Starting with the outermost, these are bent upward, suc- 
cessively and alternately one over the other (fig. 90 C), until the 
innermost butt is reached, each newly bent strand thus helping to 
keep in position the one immediately behind. As a result, half the 
strands project more or less at an angle from the one surface of the 
