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the upper border, the upper layer of dextral wefts are secured by a 
three-ply plait, whilst the under layer of sinistrals, which is more secure, 
is evenly without further plaiting. 
or more rows of these serrations were often plaited on the body — 
of the basket for ornamentation. These were innovations; but the old 
women maintained that the whakakitaratara finish at the upper border is — 
ancient. It is the common finish of Niue Island baskets. b 
e porera finish is given to the baskets commenced with the porera — 
beginning. The upper border is finished in any of the above four ways. | 
The basket is then turned inside out and finished at the bottom by ~ 
splitting the undivided butt ends into their component wefts and joining - 
is simply passed from the outside through an interspace between the 
wefts and knotted on the inside, making a very weak finish. 
(3.) Burden-carriers (Kawe). 
bout 18in., are tied together temporal ar | 
" d 
joined together at the middle by a band 1łin. wide 
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