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212 PAGAN TRIBES OF BORNEO chap.
The most important of the baskets (PI. 43),
large one used for carry-
The are the following :
ing padi from the farms to the house ; the small
basket
straps,
hung on the back by a pair of shoulder-
and always carried by the men on going
far from home; the fish - baskets ; large baskets
Fig. 41.—Kayan Tool-basket.
provided with lids and kept in the rooms for
storing clothing and other personal valuables ;
the
winnowing trays, and the large rough basket used
for carrying on the back water-vessels or any other
heavy objects (Fig. 41).
Of the mats (see PI. 43), the principal are
the mat worn round the waist for sitting upon ;
the large mats spread for seating several persons