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Implements (continued) 5. The Cloth-beater, about fourteen inches long. 6. One of their Baskets; round the mouth is a kind of netting made of plaited twine, through which a string is put, which draws the plaiting together, and closes up the mouth. It is eleven inches high, and three feet in circumference. 7. An Ebupa, or Stool, used as a pillow; they generally put a piece of their cloth on it before they lay their head on it. There are many sizes of them; the very large ones they use also as stools to sit on. This, expressed in the figure, was twelve inches and a half long; but some are of the length of two feet. 8. Is one of their Flutes, made of Bamboo, and ornamented with the plaited twine, which also strengthens it; they are about one foot and a half long.
9. One of their Hatchets, the handle of this was fourteen inches and a half long;
10. Is a figure of the Stone Paste-beater: this was seven inches and a quarter high. 11. A Fly-flap, the handle made of a hard brown wood, is thirteen inches long. 12. The Feather Ornament for the Head, six inches long. 13, 14. Mother-of-pearl Ornaments for the Ears, about half an Inch long. 15. The Decoy used in fishing, made of shells; the length, from the head to the extremity of the tail, seven inches and a half. 16. A Bone Plummet for their fishing lines, carved, two inches and a quarter long. 17. Another Plummet, made of Spar, about one inch long.
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