roTH] DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTS AND REQUISITES 375 
Around the free edges of the basket are finally tied a series of loops 
(F), through which is passed the cord that tightens down the con- 
tents covered by the knapsack cover. 
A strong band, either in the form of a bark strip of kakaralli, 
black mahu, ete. (sec. 392) or woven out of ite fiber (secs. 61,62) is 
attached to the angles of the upper crosspieces, etc. This strap is 
usually passed over the top of the head (pl. 118 A), and only rarely 
is it placed over the upper part of the chest. Onur effects, says 
Schomburgk at Pirara, were packed in small tin canisters, each of 
the weight of about 25 pounds, which the Indians carried on a broad 
Fig. 189.—Basket, fan, and knapsack. Roucouyenne, (After 
Crévaux.) 
band suspended from the forehead, either plaited of the young leaves 
of the ite palm (Mauwritia flexuosa) or consisting of a bark strip of 
Lecythis. To make their load quite steady, it was fixed by other lash- 
ings round the shoulders, in the way soldiers carry their knapsacks. 
This is the general mode which the Indians adopt, whether male or 
female, for carrying burdens (ScF, 195). The method, noticed on oc- 
casion among the sterner sex, of passing the strap over the shoulders 
and under the armpits, would seem to be copied from the Creole Negroes. 
The following are some of the names of these articles: Waiyari 
(Arawak), suriana and walishi or warishi (Carib), tiraga (Aka- 
wai), morutu and karari according as it is close or open work (Ma- 
kusi), mabubu or pauwai, and aradu in similar conditions (Wapi- 
