Те Rawer Hrgoa.— Maori Plaited Basketry and Plaitwork. 715 
plaiting and the advancing diagonal edge of the second strip are shown 
very clearly, Although the plait figured is a twilled two, except for the 
actual stroke used it illustrates checker-work equally well. 
hecker-work is usually done on the rougher articles, such as small 
baskets for cooked food, baskets, and sometimes mats, made from the rough 
wefts. 
(tu). The names pae and tu simply mean horizontal and vertical, but are 
only applied to twilled twos. Anything more than a two, such as twilled 
threes, &c., are called hora (spread out). These are usually introduced 
into the coloured designs, but a row or rows of threes are sometimes worked 
on floor-mats and the better baskets. 
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Fig. 2.—Twilled twos, horizontal. 
Fic. 3.—Twilled twos, vertical. 
The technique of twilled work is similar to that of checker-work, except, 
of course, that the left hand picks up alternate twos or threes, &c., of 
the upper dextrals of the previous series passing over the sinistrals are 
dropped and the upper of those passing under are pic ed up. The lower 
dextrals in each case are carried on. 2.4 
of the sinistral 87. The dextrals D8 and D7 pass over it, and D6 and D5 
it. In preparing for the next sinistral, S8, another dextral, 
D9, has come in from below. D9 and D8 are lifted so as to pass over 88, 
and this causes D7, which was the upper of the previous pair, to be dropped 
so as to maintain the twiled two. Thus the previous under-pair, D6 and 
D5, are added to from below, and the upper D5 must be picked up to 
prevent a three. This is carried on throughout. The skilled plaiters carry 
