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III. I^askc't making or construction. 



Harvesting materials, with accnnut of tools ami a])|iaratiis. 

 Preparing materials, including the tools and processes, peeling, si)litting, 

 making splints, shredding, soaking, cleaning, yarning or twisting, twin- 

 ing, l)raiding, gauging, coloring (dyeing). 

 Processes of manufacture — tools, ai)paratus, and patterns. 

 Braiding, checkerwork, wicker, lwille<l, wrapi)ed woof, twined, and roiled, 

 and checks, decussations, meslies, stitches. Women at work. 

 I\'. ( hnamentation on hasketry. 



1. Forms and structure in l)askets. 



2. Mosaic elements in decoration. 

 8. Design in technic and color. 



\'. Symholisin, also absence of, and meanings. 



\ I. Uses of hasketry. 



VII. Ethnic varieties and culture pi-ovinces, ancient and moileni. Indian names. 



NIII. ("ollections, pnlilicand private. 



IX. Bihliogra|)hy. 



For convcinoiice, haskctrv iiiav t)e coinpanMi in the tollowiiio-iuiincd 

 n^o'ioiis: 



1. Eask'iii reoioii: Ciiniulii. Eastern States, Southern States, West- 

 ern States. 



'2. Alaskan ivo-ion: Interior Alaska, Arctic Alaska, Aleutian Chain, 

 Southeastern Alaska, Queen Charlotte Archipelaoo. 



3. Fraser-Colunihia region: Fraser drainage, Colunihia drainage. 



4. Oregon-California region: Southern Oregon, California. 



."). Interior Basin region : Between Rocky Moiuitains and the Sierras. 



G. Middle and South American region: Mexico, Central America, 

 eastern and Avestern South America. 



These regions nuist be regardcnl only as convenient divisions for 

 reference. The last named is a meastire of ignorance, rather, for it 

 could easily be divided into half a dozen r(>gions. Again, !>efore the 

 balance of savagery had been violently disturbed by the discovery of 

 the hemisphere there were migrations of native ])lood and speech and 

 arts. Basketry further on will be witness to many of these. 



Basketrv is ditierentiated from network by the fact that the meshes 

 of the latter are not formed Ity decussations, but by knots; and from 

 loom products, not only })y the material, which is usually less rigid, 

 but b}' the workmanship, which is done l)y machinery. Needlewoi'k 

 is approached in coiled basketry and beadwork ))orrows from all weaves. 

 Xo wide gulf separates the diti'erent varieties of textiles, however, 

 beginning with such coarse products as l)rush fences and lish weirs and 

 ending with the finest lace and needlework. 



In form })asketr3" varies through tht^ following classes of objects: 



1. Flat mats or wallets, generally tiexil)le. 



2. Plaques or food plates, which are slightl}' concave. These octtir 

 in (juality of the coarsest sieve to that of the sacred meal tray. 



o. Bowls for mush and other foods and for ceremonial purposes, 

 hemispherical in general outline. 



