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spirally around the circumference of the basket from base to top, or 
else is formed of separate rings, one above the other. 
Some of the kau-uri bas- we 
kets (pl. 100 B) of the 
Arawak, etc., are good ex- w/a 
amples of the former va- “e X A Mee IP aa 
riety—those with a spiral 
weft. Kau-uri is the Ara- 
wak generic term for any 
basket worn back of the PX 
shoulders with strap over aan A 
the head, irrespective of Ww : 
the material from which it 3 
is woven. These are manu- _ 
factured of split mamuri 
to insure strength, owing 
to the heavy weights of 
eassava that they are in- Fic. 115.—Hexagon base basket. Single spiral 
weft, and no extra warps. 
tended to carry. Hence if 
mamuri is not obtainable, as is sometimes the case, and they are made 
of itiriti, they will last but a short time. Once the hexagonal founda- 
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Fic. 116.—Hexagon base basket. Single spiral weft, and six extra warps. 
tion has been made, the weft (fig: 115, we), as long a strand as pro- 
curable is introduced, and the convexity of the article foreshadowed 
by temporarily fixing (fig. 116) two small flat sticks (y) cross- 
