So they learned to make handles for their baskets and to carry them with strong straps.
When they rested the strap upon the forehead, it was a head strap.
When the basket was heavy, the head strap pressed hard against the forehead and cut through the skin.
So they made little pads to protect their foreheads.
“They rested the strap upon the forehead”
At first these pads were bunches of grass or pieces of soft skin.
But the women soon braided carrying straps that had pads for the forehead.