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BABY SLINGS 
Preliminary (483). . 
The ring-sling ; frame and varieties of pattern (484). 
Two-and-two pattern (485-491) ; methods of completion (492-494) ; how to ob- 
viate difficulties in course of manufacture (495). 
Two-and-one pattern (496-498) ; can be varied here and there with a few rows 
of the two-and-two pattern (499). 
Terminals of the locking cords (500). 
483. Among the Carib, Arawak, and Warrau, baby slings are made 
on the same pattern and lines as their respective cotton, etc., ham- 
e\ Q mocks, with their ends joined 
Y ) y) by a band to complete the sling, 
hy |e" or they may be made (pl. 10 C) 
Aa YY Hid of two cotton bands (sec. 55) 
| of different widths attached 
at their extremities. They are 
all worn slung over one shoul- 
der (usually the right) and 
passed under the opposite arm- 
pit, the corresponding arm 
steadying and protecting the 
iH} II child supported within. But 
there is a specially woven baby 
sling, somewhat after the shape 
: of a huge knitted napkin ring 
WY 
(pl. 130 B), met with among 
the Patamona (pl. 131 A), 
ttt Makusi (pl. 131 B), Wapi- 
shana, Atorai, ete., Indians, 
B Bs HII | N which requires fuller notice. 
“\NY i] | For want of a better term I 
\ i) oy) VAY HY y) > = 
‘QZ y have called this special pro- 
a . 
wee cedure “frame looping” (sec. 
Fic. 211.—Construction of baby sling. Frame 56 Tei Gls ie ik 
upon which the cotton strand is wound, o Ne / IS made by men, ut 
Showing the initial (a) and final (b) sometimes by old women, on 
knotting. : . 
the following lines: 
484, The wooden frame (pl. 132 A, B; fig. 211), about 20 inches 
long, upon which the sling is manufactured, is made of two diagonals 
tied above and below with crossbars (pl.133). It is held horizontally 
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