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low, the base is certainly oval; indeed, so pointed sometimes along the 
longer axis as almost to be lenticular. 
has no relation whatever 
with the foundation of 
the basket, which, made 
like the closework Aka- 
wai mat, is commenced 
at one of the corners. 
This mat is finally 
folded at its center and 
sewn at the ends (fig. 
99). The real contour 
of the base and lower 
edge of the basket will 
therefore depend upon 
the exact shape into 
On the other hand, the base 
ae 
which the original mat Fic. 99.—Sewn-up satchel made from a closework mat. 
is plaited from a rectan- 
Arekuna, 
gular parallelogram to an irregular hexagon. Such variations in 
shape, it is to be remembered, are due to difference of technique— 
Fic. 100.—Diagram showing manufacture of mat satchel in plate 94 B. 
e. g., closeness of texture, variations in strand width—and not to the 
addition or elimination of any of the constituents. 
400. But, instead of the mat being sewn up, the front and back 
may be plaited np along the sides, without apparently any break in 
