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varies with the depth of basket required, is completed, a special 
strand (s) is passed in similar fashion around two contiguous sides, 
the point of contiguity ultimately forming the conical extremity (c) 
of the finished article. The next procedure is to plait together the 
projecting strands of these contiguous sides in the same way—i. e., 
one under and over three (B)—throughout their whole extent. 
When the farther corners (d, e) are reached the conical foundation 
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Fic. 138.—Diagram of closework conical-base basket shown in plate 109 B. 
(dce) of the basket is completed, its upper circular portion (gh) 
being finally brought into existence by plaiting the strands projecting 
from the lower area just manufactured with the strands projecting 
from the two sides (d/, ef), which were originally left free by the 
special strand (s). The upper circular portion of the basket may be 
extended at discretion and woven into various patterns (WER, vy). 
Sp ba E> 
Fic. 139.—Types of rectangular base baskets. 
A cone-shaped basket was used for filtering during the process of 
preparing salt in Cayenne (sec. 250). 
425. Where the base of the basket is a rectangle, this may remain 
flat, or be constructed in such a way as to have two opposite, or all 
four, sides raised; i. e., the rectangular base may be compared with 
a roof (fig. 139) which is more or less flat (A), gabled (B), or 
hipped (C). For convenience of description only I propose dis- 
cussing these three shapes in the reverse order just given. Hipped 
baskets are all openwork, with hexagonal or pentagonal interspaces, 
the type specimen being the kua-ke of the Arawak (pl. 110 A), made 
