Те Rawaer Hrigoa.— Maori Plaited Basketry and Plaitwork. 359 
the fifth sinistral. Thus is the tale completed. The et 1 and 5, by being 
doubled round, lock the wefts in position on being tightened. They not 
only mark the ends of the toe-border, but commence the two side borders. 
Thus, on the left side, the first weft to project beyond the side edge 
commenced by A is the first sinistral weft, V. This is now twisted back 
into the work at V to function as a dextral. To continue the check stroke 
it must pass above the first crossing-weft that it meets—namely, W. The 
rest follows automatically. The next left-hand weft to emerge beyond 
the border thus defined is W, and it is twisted back at W+. On the right- 
hand border the first weft to emerge beyond the defining weft Z is the last 
dextral E. This is twisted back at right angles at E*, passes under the 
crossing-weft D to continue the check, and carries on as the sinistral. So 
the plaiting proceeds, wefts being turned back as they reach the side 
bord Thus V, which started as a sinistral weft, by the turn at V! 
becomes a dextral, and at V? on the opposite side becomes a sinistral again. 
It will be noticed that the turns at the edges are made with a backward 
turn on the left and with a forward turn on the right. It is immaterial 
which way the turn is made so long as a similar one is made on each border 
for the sake of appearance. As the plaiting continues the wefts are drawn 
together more tightly, so as to narrow the sandal towards the instep and the 
; eight turns at either border the sandal is long enough. Without 
any further twists at the side, the crossing-wefts are interlaced to continue 
the check stroke, and the plaiting ends at the point made by the crossing 
of the two marginal wefts, C and X. Five wefts are left on either side. 
The sole being completed, the fastenings are attached in the following 
manner: ‘Two strong strips of flax are knotted together at the butt ends 
with an overhand knot. The knot is laid upon the apex where C and X 
cross in fig. 16. The two strips are diverged so as to lie upon the marginal 
wefts, C and X (fig. 16). The wefts that entered into the construction of 
the sole have been double wefts dents nei one element lying upon the 
other. In the following procedure the upper elements alone are used, the 
lower elements being disregarded for the time being. The left 
W, V, and А are treated in the same way as X. В, the last of the series, is 
simply tied to the strip with an overhand knot as in fig. 17. Referring to 
fig. 16, the wefts D, E, and Z on the right are treated in the same manner 
as C; and Y, being the last of the series, is tied to the right strip with 
an overhand knot. The heel-margin is thus defined, and the wefts fixed. 
The lower elements of the ten wefts are Бы cut off close to where they 
emerge from the last crossing- weft. Fig. 17 is purely diagrammatical. 
Plate 38, fig. 1, shows the weft-ends close Te and projecting in over 
the heel-area for about 2in. This side, done last, naturally forms the 
upper layer 
To complete the heel mS. two or three strips of flax are tied to the 
two flaxen strips at about lin. above the knots at B and Y. They are 
tied with simple overhand dois on either side, and are about 4in. in 
length. The ends of the cross-strips are tied close together, and form a 
heel-band to secure the heel part ^ passing across the tendo Achillis above 
the point of the heel. (See fig. 18.) 
