A large rucksack, known as a warashi or auchi, made of light-coloured woven fibres with a flat back, curved base and straight sides. There is no lid or front, but there are loops of fibre or string around the front edges through which a restraining string could be threaded. The back is supported by a framework of thick canes; there are also finer, darker canes or pieces of wood around the other edges.
It was purchased from the Amerindian shop in Georgetown, Guyana. The warashis are typical Amerindian 'rack-sacks' which they use to carry fruits and meat from the forest. A man called Eeymu made this particular warashi, or auchi as it is known among the Wai Wai. It is made using the fibres of the Nibi plant and water rope is used to tie the ends together. Both sexes and different age groups use it. It is domestically used to carry foodstuffs such as the cassava.
