Brooms, mats. 
ii 
undertaken by persons who also make the 
Palmetto baskets and the work is very 
similar. 
Wire grass straw is occasionally twisted, 
sown together and made into neat and orna- 
mental table-mats. 
Notes on the above mentioned plants will be 
found after “Baskets.” (See p. 6). 
BROOMS. 
The manufacture of brooms cannot claim 
to be of much interest : small palmetto brooms 
(PI. II. 5) are the type commonly sold to 
visitors. Larger brooms of the same material 
are very common domestic articles. 
Brooms are also made from coir (husk of 
coco-nut) and from Ippi-appa and the various 
other “ thatch” palms. 
HATS. 
Ippi-appa (pronounced Yippy-yappa.) Of hats 
of local manufacture the most popular is the 
Ippi-appa, (PI. II. 3 and III. 27) which is con 
sidered a good substitute for the world-famous 
Panama. The Ippi-appas are exported to a 
certain extent, are largely sold to visitors and 
are very popular among our own people — 
master and man-servant, mistress and maid 
alike wearing them. Their value is determined 
