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Samoan Material Culture

Figure 131.—Three-ply sennit braid, simple join:

Figure 131.—Three-ply sennit braid, simple join:

Figure 131.—Three-ply sennit braid, simple join:

a, the shortening ply (1) is worked to the middle position; b, the new strand (4) is added from above to the short ply (1) with its short end (4') projecting slightly backwards; c, the reinforced middle ply is pulled out to the right under the side ply (2); d, the braiding is continued in the usual way and only the tuft of the short end (4') is left projecting in the middle line from under the short ply (1) which was twisted over it in (c); e, the short end (4') is afterwards trimmed off.