FIG. 20. (LEFT) FOUR-POINTED FISH SPEAR.

FIG. 21. (RIGHT) FISH LURE.

OCCUPATIONS.

Mention has already been made of some of the daily occupations of the
people. We have found the women caring for the home and preparing the
rice and other foods which are served in the house. At no time did the
writer see a man, other than a slave, take any part in such household
duties; but when on the trail each would do his share in preparing the
meals. In the village we found the women and children carrying the water
and wood and, at rare intervals, doing laundry work. Instead of soaping
and rubbing soiled clothing, they soak the garments in water, then place
them on stones and beat them with wooden paddles or clubs. The articles
are alternately soaked and beaten until at least a part of the dirt has
been removed. It is also the privilege of any woman to engage in the
manufacture of basketry, or to act as a potter.

In the manufacture of baskets the woman makes use chiefly of bamboo and
rattan, though other materials, such as _pandanus_ are sometimes brought
into service. Three weaves or their variants are employed. The first is
the common diagonal or twilled weave, in which each element of the weft
passes over two or more of the warp elements. In this way most of the
rice winnowers, transportation baskets, knife sheaths, and the like are
made. In the second weave (Fig. 22), the foundation of the basket is
made up of parallel horizontal rods, or strips of bamboo. These are
laced together by warp strips which pass alternately under one and over
one of the foundation rods, crossing each other at an angle, one above