Figure 190.—Sling-stone carrier (Bishop Mus., C8860). a, bottom commencement: lengths of sennit doubled, loops passed over suspensory sennit (1) and two limbs passed through loop (2); nine doubled lengths in all. b, suspensory sennit (1) carrying looped lengths (2) brought round in ring and ends tied together with a double hitch (3); in figure, ring shown opened out for details but in practice, the loops are close together and the ring accordingly closed to diameter of 34 mm.; the nine looped lengths give 18 individual braids which, with two ends of suspensory braid, give 20 altogether which radiate from central ring which forms bottom of carrier; adjoining lengths from adjacent pairs are brought together and one, usually the left, is knotted (4) to other with an overhand knot to form meshes; first row of knots (4, 4) is completed for 20 lengths; a second row of knots (5, 5) is made to form convenient sized meshes and so this technique is continued for 10 rows of knots which brings carrier to required depth; diagram b is on the flat so it would appear that meshes would continue to increasing widths, but as carrier is cylindrical, meshes do not differ in size after first rows have spread out. c, overhand knot made with a left braid (1) around a right element (2). d, sometimes overhand knot is made with right element (2) over left (1); it will be seen that knot is exactly same as netting knot except that it is made around a single element instead of the two elements comprised in lower loop of a mesh. e, rim finish: the 20 lengths of sennit are plaited in a three-ply braid; in figure, plaiting is shown proceeding from right to left, but in practice it is toward plaiter; braiding commences with distal braid (1) which is crossed over next (2) which in turn is crossed over first (1); next braid (3) is crossed over nearest braid (2) to it and we have three elements for a braid; braiding continues and each subsequent braid (4, 5, 6, etc.) is included in each second twist on near side; to prevent braid becoming too thick and uneven, elements are successively dropped out and cut off later; after rim braid (8) takes in last mesh braid (20), second near twist (9) is passed around first braid (1) and rim braid continues on as a free tail (10) for a short distance, when it is brought down to overlap commencement of rim braid and lashed to it with coir fiber.