ABORIGINAL AMERICAN HASKKTRY. r.)8 



from Round Valley one must not be surprised to Ihul shapes, uses. 

 decorations, und names for the same form or p;u-t oi- desiun extr(«mely 



varied and mixed. 



The author is aware that he has come far sliort of doiii.o- justi(;e to 

 his theme. Omissions will be noticed, and it is feared that some refer- 

 ences of work to the wrong band or tribe have ))een made. This is 

 unavoidable in a great museum. It is only in such rare collections 

 as have been gathered with one's own hands that such errors can be 



avoided. 



VOCABULARY OF BASKETRY 



So nuich is said and" written on the subject of Indian ))asketry that 

 a ^-ocabulary is desirable. On some terms all are even now agreed. 

 All things considered, words in common use should be adopted. 

 There are, as before mentioned, two absolutely diU'ercnt kinds of 

 technic employed, dividing l)asketry into -wore/i and roJ/r/L The 

 former leads to the loom, the latter to the needle. It is not correct 

 to speak of warp and weft in the latter, only in the former; the parts 

 of coiled basketry are the fouudafio/t and the .sv //v'y^y. The following 

 terms and detinit'ions are suggested, not ar!)itrarily, but subject always 

 to amendment and common consent. AYords from Indian languages 

 are purposely omitted. A few of them, however, ought to be retained, 

 such as "tee," for the Pomo twined weaving: 



Bad'ef.^A vessel or receptacle in textile material: a technic product 

 resembling this. 



Basketry.— X general term including (1) basket making, the process 

 or art; (2) basket work, the technic or stitches, any textile motive 

 resembling work in baskets; (3) basket ware, a collection of finished 



products. 



Becunng.—X strip of bark or a splint run in and out through the 

 spaces in woven or among the stitches in coiled basketry. 



Braidwork.—FvihYiQ in which three or more elements are braided, 

 as in some three-strand twined Ixrsketry. See False bmJd. Preferred 

 to the word plaited. There nray l;)e flat, round, or square braid. The 

 term sennit is also allowalde. 



Buttonhole stitcL—A series of half hitches, as hi Fuegian coiled 



basketry. 



67/t'ci'.— Where warp and weft cross. 



CheckerworL— Basket ys^ovk in which the warp and weft are equally 

 flexible and the checks are square, or at least rectangular. 



j7/^^.„^.(,,,._V-shaped ornament, in which two or more colored lines 

 meet at an angle; for example, the device on the sleeve of a non- 

 commissioned officer. {See IL'rrni(dMait and Z/gmfj.) 



Ch.-nl'tnf/.—Soit materials Ijetweeu hard stems in the foundation ot 

 coiled basketry. 



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