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the left by defining the lower border of the band. Weft 2 is bent at 
right angles to its course by a half-turn backwards and passed under 4 
type described. Wefts reach the end in a po i 
wefts on either side : these are tied together to prevent the band becoming 
undone. The other half of the band is commenced by plaiting the six 
wefts on the right in a similar way. These wefts, it must be remembered, 
are the other halves of the flax-blades already used. Fig. 13 shows them 
in position, on the reader's right, ready for the start. Commencing at the 
lower border, it must be remembered that we are going in the opposite 
direction, and diagramatically the processes are reversed. Weft 1 takes a - 
half-turn forward and passes in front of 3 and behind 5. Weft 3 follows 
suit and passes in front of 5. Weft 6 above takes a half-turn backward 
This method aims at getting a longer weft and so avoid joining fresh 
wefts in, as in the usual west-coast method. The joining is done at the 
beginning, as it were. (See Plate 36, figs. 1, 2.) 
A better class of band is plaited with narrower wefts which have been 
and a check alternate. According to the plaiters, this thickens the band 
and assists it in standing on its edge. The twisted or braided band which 
follows was not used by the Ngati-Porou. 
Paepae whiri: Twisted Band. 
_ This variety is made from bundles of narrow wefts of flax, and plaited 
with a three-ply braid into- a thick band of varying width. The wefts 
are of unprepared flax, and are narrower than the usual wefts for baskets. 
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