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the baskets that have just been described. A comparison between the 
diagrams (figs. 142, 143, and figs. 145, 146) will render this statement 
clear. On the other hand, an interpolated weft does not seem to be 
ever employed here. 
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428. Baskets with a rectangular more or less flat base can be very 
conveniently classified according as the mesh is an open or close work 
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Fic. 145.—Diagram of basket shown in plate 110 C. 
type (fig. 39 B), as in the Wapishana articles, or of a crossed quadri- 
lateral one (fig. 40 B), as in certain Makusi specimens. The Wapi- 
shana basket, built from strands of the “pimpler” palms (Astro- 
