ABORIGINAL AMERICAlSr BASKETRY. 



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of two strips of root or other flexil)lc material, and these are twisted 

 as in forming- a two-strand rope passing over a warp stem at each 

 half turn. (See lig. 15.) Many wastebaskets are woven on this plan. 



Plate 10 shows two bowls in plain twined weaving, called Bamtush 

 by the Pomos, which are excellent examples of the possi])ilities and 

 limitations of this style. They are in the collection of C. P. Wilcomb, 

 of San Francisco. The upi)er figure, 10 inches in diameter, is from 

 Cloverdale, Russian River, Sonoma County; the lower from Potter 

 Valley, in Mendocino County. The warp is of willow rods, the weft 

 of carex root and splints 

 of cercis. A small space 

 at the bottom is in three- 

 ply braid and the nar- 

 row band near the top, 

 with wide twists, is plain 

 twined work over more 

 than one warp stem. (See 

 Plates U, U, 71, 72.) 



In this connection nuist 

 not ))e overlooked a xn- 

 riety of twined weaving 

 in which the warp plays 

 an important part. It is 

 a transition l)etween the 

 plain twine and the next 

 type, the halves of the 

 dou})le warp standing for 

 the independent warp 

 stems of the diagonal 

 weave. If the weft be 

 administered in open 

 work with the rows from 

 a fourth to a half an inch 

 apart and the warp ele- 

 ments be flexible under 

 the strain of weaving, they will assume a zigzag shape. 



Pleasing varieties of this type of twined weaving w411 be found in 

 the Aleutian Islands. (See tig. 1(5.) It resembles hemstitching. The 

 Aleuts frequent! 3^ use for their warp stems of wild rye or other grasses, 

 in which the straws are split, or a pair used, and the two halves pass 

 upward in zigzag form. Each half of a warp is caught alternately 

 with the other half of the same straw and with a half of the adjoining 

 straw, making a series of triangular instead of rectangular spaces. 

 (See tig. 17.) 



A still further variation is given to plain twined ware by crossing 



Fig. 16. 



ot'enwork twined wallet. 



Aleutian Island.s. 



Cat. No. 14it78. U.S.N.M. Collected l)y W. H. Ball. 



