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of grass matting stretched on a rectangular bamboo frame,
For making one of these screens, creepers and grasses are collected
by the members and brought into the loghor, where the master of
the ceremonies performs the necessary incantations over them.
Then four bamboos are taken and lashed together to form a
rectangular frame, whose length is about three times its width.
A long piece of creeper (of which the secret name is mbweldmbar)
is now fastened to the end poles of the rectangle in such a Way
that it lies in two parallel ropes running the length of the frame
with a long loop hanging down at one end. A bundle of a certain
variety of grass has been lying on a platform inside one of the
houses built in the loghuv in order that it may become blackened
with smoke from a. ï¬Åre lighted beneath it. This is now taken
and fastened to the parallel strands of the creeper in such a way
as to form a kind of mat in chequer work, which is then painted
with different designs. On the occasion of the dance of the
N nwi M0113}: when these screens arc used, three bambcos are laid
transversely and supported by uprights to act as a stretcher.
Norovu leaves are bound tu the under side of the mzai nb'h and
it is placed on the stretcher so that it lies on these leaves as though
on a mattress. The man whose mm‘ Mh it is, with a croton leaf
in h-is hair, stands at the end where the creeper loop is hanging
‘doum. r He passes this over his right shoulder and under his
loit1..arm,iand takes the end cross-har of the naai nlih in his
dmndsiw-,Th_c irstretchcr is now removed, so that the owner
:o_f)th‘e!s¢r'.ecn,_is left holding it out horizontally before him,
itsnweightiiheingr-borne partly by his shoulders, partly by his
handsn -in "v~ ',.'~, ,4 .. _
-r ll The haaimbh of=Nimangki Misi are tall tapering hats or masks,
with various lozenge ori globe-shaped objects ï¬Åxed to them at
intervals upvtheir height. For these also a cheque:-work matting
is made oi certain grasses placed on a foundation of creepers.
TheNam' Riwajz has as mzrzi mih hats similar to these, but with
slight modiï¬Åcations, Thus to the lower rim of each hat is fastened
a deep fringe of leaves and grasses which reaches to the wearer's
feet, and so covers him wholly, On these hats, as on the screens,
certain geometrical patterns are executed, each society having
its own distinctive set of designs which the members of the other
are prohibited from using. They are worked in red and black,
the motifs being largely based on the check or diamond to