336 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS (HLH, ANN. 38 
and passed respectively over and under the two immediately succeed- 
ing pairs. On completion of the circuit the weft passes alternately 
under and over every half warp 
in the usual spiral manner, 
with the result that the inclos- 
ing head comes to be first of all 
constructed, then the conical 
neck, and finally the throat 
(WER, 1). 
The biggest cage met with in 
this district is about 34 feet 
long and wide in proportion; 
the smallest that I have come 
across is a little over 2 feet. 
It will be noted that the tech- 
, nique of the Pomeroon (Ara- 
' wak) article differs from that of 
the Rio Negro in having one 
Fic, 135.—Base of Patamona fish creel shown in continuous spiral weft, whereas 
IBIAS IS) 2 the latter is usually, though not 
always (KG, 1, 41), built up on a series of circular ones (pl. 50 B). 
But both on the Pomeroon and elsewhere the creels may be of a 
much simpler type ; 
(sec. 204). 
422, Examples of } 
the second series of | 
the uninclosed founda- 
tion circular-base bas- 
kets—those with the | 
pentagonal plaited 
walls—are to be seen } 
in the large cylin- } 
drical itiriti-strand 
baskets of the Akawai. } 
These are constructed 
with a continuous 
spiral weft and are 
open at both ends (fig. 
136). They are up 
to 24 feet long, with 
a diameter of about 9 or 10 inches, and when put to use (e. g., trans- 
port of “buck” yams) their extremities are strapped across with 
itiriti or bark strands. 
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Fic, 136.—Diagram of cylindrical itiriti-strand basket. 
