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Samoan Material Culture

Figure 139.—Kilt of fau bast, two cord attachment (fatu):

Figure 139.—Kilt of fau bast, two cord attachment (fatu):

Figure 139.—Kilt of fau bast, two cord attachment (fatu):

a, the two waist cords (1, 2) are fixed at one end and held horizontally side by side, then a strip of bast (3) is held transversely below the cords at its middle; b, the bast strip is double up around the outer sides of the two cords and both parts passed down between the cords to the right of the lower loop (4) formed and the loop drawn taut; c, other strips are added successively in the same manner on the right; d, by pulling the loops taut and pushing each added strip close to the preceding strip on the left, the two suspensory cords are concealed.