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A large loop was first formed, one end of the cord being tied and left at A. (See fig. 

 7, A.) The loops abc, cdc, and efg were then made in the order named. The direction was 

 then reversed and the loops ghjf, fkd, and dlb formed. The direction was then again reversed 

 and the loops bninl, lok. kpj. and jgin made. From in the cord was carried to /; and thence to 

 a, where it was knotted in beside its other end. The points u. 0. p and q projected above the top 

 of the /;;((' and served for suspension. The dimensions of the different meshes are: a to c, 4^ 

 inches: a to h, V/z inches; b to /, 63-4 inches; / to n. 5 inches. The mesh, with the exception of 

 the outermost loops, is drawn to scale. The knot employed is uniform except at the points 

 h and a. It is a complicated wrap knot for which no name is known. 



The net of hue No. 2 on the same plate, although superficially resembling 

 that of Jute No. i, is made on an entirely dilTerent princijile. (See fig. 7, B.) 



The netting was not begun with a ring, the course of the cord being a. b, c, a, d, c, f, 

 g, Ii. j. f. A', d. I.\. 1. h, b. g, c, to a. Here the two ends are spliced together into a single cord 

 of the size used throughout and tied about the line cd. A loop of cord was passed through 

 the outermost meshes at /, ;;;, k and /, to serve as a handle, its ends being tied together in a 

 heavy knot. The mesh sizes are; a to b, 454 inches; a to d. S inches; d to /, 7'/^ inches. Two 

 types of wrapped knots were used in diiTerent parts of the net. 



Figure 8. — Sketches of knots used in nets for gourd containers. 



The widely divergent technique of the two s]:)ecimens would seem to in- 

 dicate a considerable variety for these objects in ancient times. 



Gourd hue were normally provided with wooden covers, which were all 

 made according to a fixed pattern. To one ignorant of its use such a cover would 

 appear to be a small squat broad mouthed jar, with a rounded bottom, flatly 

 convex to hemispherical body, a short neck whose sides sloped inward slightly 

 toward the top, and a wide flat shoulder whose upper surface sloped inward and 

 downward to the base of the neck. When used as a cover, the jar was inverted, 

 the neck fitting into the orifice of the hue, the shoulder resting upon its top. The 

 body of the cover rose above the hue as a small dome, and was frequently carved, 

 the decoration consisting of two tiki faces placed opposite each other. The 

 space above and between these faces was filled with shallow parallel grooves 

 running continuously from edge to edge. In spite of their form, liue tops appear 

 never to have been used as se]iarate containers, and they were probably hollowed 

 only for the sake of lightness. (See PI. i.viii, F.) 



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