322 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [BTH, ANN. 38 
of tray the strip is left as a band, from 1 to 13 inches wide, just 
as it is, torn off the bark and roughly plaited in and out; in another 
(pl. 101 B) it is twisted into a cord, passed some six or seven 
Fic. 113:—Circular tray, Edging supported by three rails. Taruma, 
times across the frame, all of which are fixed in position by another 
cord starting from the center, passing in and out excentrically, so 
as to form a figure something like a spider’s web. In yet a third 
case (pl. 101 A) there is a central hexagonal pattern. These trays 
serve to keep food and other 
< Zz articles out of the reach of 
IS J Z! { dogs and ants. 
~le7ie Ze 412. Baskets plaited with 
veg I! wa specially prepared strands, 
> Uy iadigs r La as distinguished from adap- 
cc! aF pap KS Ze, tations of natural forms 
Se @ 26-6; Ss 
ZX (sec. 453), may be classified 
Pa IPAUPA S 
ieates SZ SS by means of their bases, ac- 
ays SS cording as their order of 
re structure is a hexagon, a 
ISN s circle or oval, a cone, or a 
rectangle (sec. 448). 
In the hexagon type speci- 
men there is an openwork 
foundation of one series of 
strands lying diagonally across another set, and plaited together ~ 
by means of a third horizontal (or vertical) set (fig. 114). Though 
the number of strands in each series remains relatively the same, 
the actual number employed will depend upon the size of the basket 
about to be fabricated, and all ultimately constitute the warp. The 
result of this arrangement is a hexagon. The weft is either in 
the form of one single continuous strand, gradually progressing 
Fic. 114.—Hexagon base of the kau-uri basket. 
