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being left whole for iirtiiicial effects. At proper intervuLs })roader 

 strips of ^vcit nxfi introduced. In the chapter on ornamentation atten- 

 tion will he called to the variet}" in this mass of unity b}' the individual 

 characteristics of each square in the weaving. 



B. TwUJedwork. — This is seen espe- 

 cially in those parts of the world where 

 cane abounds. In America it is quite 

 common in British Columbia, Washington, 

 Southern United States, Mexico, and Cen- 

 tral America, and of excellent workman- 

 ship in Peru, Guiana, and Ecuador. The 

 fundamental techuic of diagonal basketry 

 is in passing each element of the weft 

 over two or more warp elements, thus 

 producing either diagonal or twilled, or, 

 in the best samples, an endless variety of 

 diaper patterns. (See figs. 5 and 0.) 

 The example shown in Plate 15 represents a cigar case made b}' the 

 women of Bolivia, who weave the celebrated Panama hats, the texture 

 being fine twilled work. The ornamentation should be studied care- 

 fully, for it consists of twined weaving, in which ]>oth warp and weft 

 strands are brought together in pairs and one twined about the other. 



Fig. -4. 

 open checkerwork. 



Fig. 5. 

 twilled work. 



Fig. 6. 

 twilled wobk. 



There is no attempt at anything but plain over-two weaving elsewhere ^ 

 in this specimen. To tlie student of technology it is charming to 

 read in this connection from lire's Dictionary" the labored description • 

 of twilled loom work with its hundreds of parts in the climax of a series ' 

 of inventions initiated with savage women's figures. 

 Twill, or tweel. A diagonal appearance given to a fabric by causing 



« Article Weaving, fourth edition, London, 1853. 



