roTH] DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS AND REQUISITES 331 
417. The second group comprises the very curiously shaped baskets 
(pl. 106) for holding the cotton employed in wrapping around 
the butts of the blowgun poison darts. These are usually worn slung 
onto the quivers and are made of mamuri; less generally of itiriti. 
Fic. 129.—Diagram of baskets shown in plate 106. 
The foundation consists of a warp somewhat after the style of a 
backbone crossed by ribs (fig. 129), which are either tied upon or 
passed under and over it, but in both cases maintained in position 
with the single continuous weft. To get extra convexity for the 
base (i. e., to make it more saddle shaped), the two corners may be 
tied across. Made and worn by men—Makusi, Arekuna, etc. Some- 
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Fic. 130.—Circular base basket, diaphragm foundation, a hexagon (A). Insertion of 
warps (6) on completion of hexagon. Arawak. 
what similar flat baskets, but larger, are made by Makusi and 
Wapishana from mamuri, and from a plant like the itiriti but hay- 
ing knots in it. They are plaited by men, but the women use them, 
held under the armpit, to take their food to the field. They are 
called pakaruma by Makusi, and daro-an, or tibid (i. e., mamuri), 
by Wapishana. 
