354 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [BTH, ANN. 38 
with so much accuracy. One old Warrau friend of mine can plait 
more than a score of different patterns. 
444, The following objects are to be found illustrated on the side 
panels of these stained hourglass pattern pegalls, baskets, satchels, etc. 
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A A, 
SN SS 
RDS 
fp 
C A Aj 
Fic. 165.—Compound bowl or basin basket. Fourth stage in the making, 
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Fic. 166.—Satchels of the Pomercon River Arawak. 
(secs. 483-442), met with among Arawak, Warrau, and Carib stocks: 
Taking plants, there is the wild nutmeg (Myristica sp.) , the darli tree 
of the Arawak and Warrau (fig. 168), indicated by its main (a) and 
secondary (6) branches, which certainly possesses a characteristic ap- 
pearance in between the other forest trees. This, coupled with the 
