RoTH] HAMMOCKS : 387 
prevent accidental unwinding, their four ends are knotted together, 
placed on the left hand of the warp, low down on the frame, and 
woven in two series, an upper and a lower chain twist (or twined 
pattern), after a fashion illustrated in the diagram (pl. 127 A), the 
left hand picking up two warps at a time. The lower chain is, of 
course, made first, and its ends will hang at the extreme right of the 
warp, while the operator, a woman, proceeds with the upper chain, 
1G. 200.—Knobbed spools for hammock making. 
Of the two, the latter is the easier and quicker to make, and hence 
when the husband feels inclined to help his wife a little—as a matter 
of fact, men very commonly assist—it is generally this one which he 
chooses. To insure the two chains running quite horizontal, a level 
(kushibir=Wapishana, any palm strip) has been previously attached 
to the warp below them. This (7) consists of two straight-edged laths 
or split pieces of cane, palm, etc., fixed front and back, and so, in ad- 
dition, serves to keep the separate warp strands in regular sequence. 
When both chains are completed their four constituents are knotted 
together at the extreme right of the warp, and one bar (weft) is 
