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- art: FACTS 



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Human hair is both twi.steil and braided into cords for ti<;htening 

 kiaha frames. Tlie cords are usually made of four strands of 2-ply 

 twisted threads. They are about 5 nun. in diameter when finished. 



Halters 



Horsehair is quite popular as a material for the manufacture of 

 halters. The halter here illustrated (fig. 37, a) has a loop of light 

 cord, 45 cm. in length, to be passed over the horse's head. The rope 



Flo. 38. Miiguey fiber. 



has a loop 26 cm. long that passes over the nose. The length of the 

 rope from the knot of this loop is 3.150 m. It is of four strands of 

 4-pl}^ tlireads, one of the strands l)eing wliite. 



Uridlks 



Bridles are also made of horsehair, vicious looking bits being sold 

 by the traders for them. 



Fetish 



The collection contains a fetish (fig. 39, a) and a hair omani(>nt 

 made of seven wing feathers of a hawk (fig. 39, b) whicli have been 

 joined by laying a strip of cotton cloth on the ([uill of each feather 



