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under the projecting end of one of the butt connections. On bei 
taut, the remaining three wefts (D2, D1, and 84) and the pair (82 and 
81) are drawn close together into a series of five and their course directed 
upwards. 83 has its upper surface turned inwards to continue the side of 
the kono, and its bend forms a second bottom corner. The five wefts are 
dealt with as before, commencing on the right with half-twists forward, 
and plaiting throught the wefts on the left till $2, S1, and D2 have joined 
83 on the left, and a pair (D1 and 84) remain on the right as in fig. 34. 
The third series of four and two are dealt with again to form the 
third bottom corner and the corresponding parts of the bottom, sides, and 
twisted upper border. When the fourth series of four and two has been 
dealt with, the plaited work will have come right round under the 
projecting butt connections and behind the starting-point, and we have a 
bowl-like basket with four corners at the bottom. 
The finish is made by passing one of the wefts of the last pair through 
an interval below the nearest part of the twisted upper border or mm, 
bringing it over the rim and tying it to the other weft of the pair with a 
reef-knot. The ends are cut off, and also those of the four, and the kono 
is complete. (Plate 78, fig. 1.) 
The keynote of the work is he wha, he rua (a four and two). When the 
right-hand weft of the four is bent round it is called whakapoli (to make a 
corner) The technique here differs from the usual in that the plaiting 
king four 
dextral wefts and four sinistral. The right-hand blade of the sinistrals, 
Commencing then on the right of the approximated seven wefts, each weft D 
is twisted in turn and plaited to the left through the remainder until one — 
E 
opened the kono were filled with potatoes or kumara, and a share of me& 
Qo fish placed on top. They were then carried by women and men singing 
