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an article used elsewhere as a box for holding paint, ete. (see. 385)— 
goes by the name of to-mo (Makusi) or tsubirawé (Wapishana). 
Most useful of all, perhaps, are the temporary knapsacks (pl. 123 B, 
C), with the split halves of the ite leaves plaited into one another in 
certainly at least one of three ways: a closework, a hexagonal (pl. 
123 B),and a twined (C) mesh. In the closework pattern the two 
ends of the leaves project at the lower ends, whence the Makusi call 
the basket a pochi-panaiyang, i. e., night-owl ear. The specimen 
which I had selected for photographic purposes was unfortunately 
lost en route, and hence I can offer no illustration. The Wapishana 
Fic. 194.—Ite-leaf scoop basket. 
describe all three varieties as pauwai, a name which seems to be 
applied by them to any fairly large carrying basket. 
456. The leaves of the turu and the manicol palm (pls. 124, 125) 
are used for the larger and stronger baskets, especially for knap- 
sacks, etc., when heavy weights have to be carried. The Pomeroon 
Arawak and Carib will thus employ the manicol for purposes of 
temporary expediency in one of at least four different ways: 
(i) Having removed two comparatively short but equal lengths 
of midrib with attached septa, they are placed opposite one another 
and the septa on both sides plaited together (pl. 125 A). The bottom 
of the basket is subsequently closed in similar manner by commencing 
to plait at the lower extremity of each midrib (B). Should the mouth 
of the basket prove too “ open,” an extra piece of midrib (m) with at- 
tached septa may finally be added. From its resemblance in general 
