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BULLETIN 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fig. 166. — Ornamented cloth fkom Bear Cehek Cave. 



Cat. No. 252153, U.S.N.M., is a fragment of openwork cloth from 

 Bear Creek Cave, Blue River, Arizona. The work starts with a band 

 of plain weaving and at intervals (fig. 166 a) alternate warp threads, 

 enough to leave three or more spaces, go back to the edge. Across 



the warp threads pairs 



of weft threads are car- 

 ried as in twined weav- 

 ing, leaving rectangular 

 spaces. (Fig. 1G6.) The 

 warp is secured to two 

 intertwisted cords which 

 form a round edge. The 

 fragment shows an in- 

 teresting diversity of 

 pattern produced by the 

 simple means employed 

 in its manufacture. 

 A complete square of this cloth has been examined by the writer 

 since the completion of tliis report. It is the property of Miss Mary 

 Tuttle, of Clifton, Arizona, and was found in a cave near Solomons- 

 ville, Arizona. The specimen is an apron and measures 5^ by 6 inches. 



There is shown in figure 167 (Cat. No. 

 262721, U.S.N.M.) a joint of reed filled with 

 herbs, thousands of which are found, but 

 rarely encircled with a woven cincture as in 

 this example. The cincture consists of a care- 

 fully woven band of white cotton, having at 

 the ends three cords for wrapping the band 

 securely around the cane. This cincture 

 stands for the girdle worn by those who 

 offered the cigarette and may point to the 

 character of this portion of the costume of 

 the ancient inhabitants of this region. The 

 specimen was collected from a cave near 

 Phoenix, Arizona, by F. E. Cooley. 



A remarkable specimen consisting of a 

 woven band, a, figure 168 (Cat. No. 156276, 

 U.S.N.M.) was found in a cave in the Red 

 Rock country south of Flagstaff, Arizona, by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. 

 The gTOund work is plain weaving, and by the handling of the weft 

 threads, as in h (fig. 168), openings of various lengths are left, pro- 

 ducing the pattern. The warp, which is of coarse cord, was stretched 

 between two rods, as in c (fig. 168), and the weft worked in with the 



Fig. 167. — Sacred ciga- 

 rette WITH WOVEN sash 

 FROM Phoenix. 



