Figure 142.—Pandanus kilt, double cord attachment:

a, two strips (3 and 4) are placed between the cords (1 and 2), the left strip with the short end down and the other reversed; b, the short upper end of the right strip (4) is doubled downwards to the near side of the lower cord (2) and the upper long end of the left strip (3) makes a loop on the near side and passing over both parts of the right strip, passes under both cords on the right of the right strip; c, the long end of the left strip (3) is brought over the top of both cords and passed down through its own loop. On drawing the loop taut, it brings the two cords close together and thus jams both strips between them while the loop keeps down the short end of the right strip (4). d, Other pairs are added in the same way and the appearance from the front shown. Every here and there, wide strips of the thin layer of the full width of the lau'ie leaf (5) are attached for ornamentation. The upper ends are simply pressed together to narrow them and the narrowed ends pushed down between the two suspensory cords. The tightening up of the cords by the following looped strips keeps them in position. e, The appearance at the back and also the short end of the wide strip (5) that has been pushed through.