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and zigzags. The lower portion is in eight bands of serpentine, 

 diagonal, and straight lines. The colors are natural wool, black, 

 dark brown, red, yellow, and blue. One band of red and blue appears 

 to have been derived from the ravellings of European fabrics, the 

 rest are in native dye. The blanket is fringed on three sides, the 

 elements of the fringe twisted and not braided. Dimensions : Width 

 from top to bottom, 50 inches; breadth, 62 inches; fringe, 7 inches 

 long. 



Another beautiful Salish blanket from the State of Washington 

 (Cat. No. 1891, U. S. N. M.) (pi. 10), was collected by Lieut. G. K. 

 Warren and acces,sioned by the Museum in 1866. It consists of dog 

 and mountain-goat hair in twined weaving. The colors are white, 

 red, black, very dark blue, two shades of yellow, and green. The 

 design consists of a central rectangle 32 by 35 inches in terrace pat- 

 tern with square cross in center. This is surrounded by zigzag 

 bands made up of engaging triangular figures. Two sides are bor- 

 dered with a band of short lines crossing a center line. The ends 

 have a narrow band of similar pattern. A sewing or embroidery of 

 cord forming a welt borders the upper and lower sides of the rec- 

 tangular center and on the sides at the junction of the patterned 

 portion with the border band. Dimensions : Sixty-two by 64 inches. 



A fragment of a Salish blanket (Cat. No. 177710, U. S. N. M.) 

 (pi. 9A) collected by George Catlin was found among his effects and 

 had been through the various fires befalling his collections of ethno- 

 logical objects since 1840. The warp of this specimen is a stiff and 

 heavy cord of some fiber not ascertained. The weft is soft pelage of 

 the mountain goat. The colors are dark green, brownish red, black, 

 and white. The jDatterns are simple, consisting of bands of W shape, 

 comblike, and sets of three horizontal bars divided by narrow stripes 

 of herringbone pattern. The border is of wedges of black and green 

 on white background. This interesting relic is probably from the 

 Lewis collection from the Columbia (Lewis and Clark expedition), 

 which is said to have been acquired by Catlin. Dimensions: 39 by 

 47 inches. 



A blanket cape from the Salish Indians of Washington (Cat, No. 

 221408, U. S. N. M.) (pi. 11) is one from the collection of George 

 Gibbs or Charles Wilkes. This garment is fringed and bordered at 

 the sides as in Catalogue No. 1894, United States National Museum. 

 The border patterns are in rectangles marked off by horizontal bands, 

 the design being four spindle-form elements side by side in black, 

 white, brown, yellow, and green. The pattern is characteristic of a 

 considerable region focusing in the Salish and whose boundaries 

 have not yet been ascertained. The main field of the blanket is cov- 

 ered with white down incorporated during weaving. The latter is 

 of the twisted or twined type done by hand as in making a twined 



