ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



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tatiu^' the carrying-. In tig'. 5 a line weft assumes a diagonal sliape in 

 l)eing twisted, while tig'. 3 is the last word in the story of the water jar. 

 -t. Lattlce-t wined irenrlng. — The lattice-twined weaving, so far as 

 the collections of the National Museum show, is contined to the Porno 

 Indians, of the Kulanapan famil}', residing on Kussian River, Cali- 

 fornia. It is so called because it has a vertical and a horizontal warp 



Fig. 23. 



detaii, of mixed twined we.winc;. 



(Outside.) 



resembling latticework. Dr. J. W. Hudson calls this technic tee. 

 This is a short and convenient word, and may be used for a specilic 

 name. The tee-twined weaving consists of four elements, {a) the 

 upright warp of rods, (/>) a horizontal warp crossing' these at right 

 angles, and (r, d) a regular plain-twined weaving of two elements, 

 holding the warps tinnly together. (See tig. 27.) 



In all these examples in the National Museum the horizontal or 

 extra warp is on the exterior of the basket. On the outside the tee 



Fig. 2-1. 



detail of mixeb twined weaving. 



(In.side.) 



basket does not resemble the ordinary twined work, ])ut on the inside 

 it is indistinguishable. Baskets made in this fashion are very rigid 

 and strong, and frequently the hoppers of mills for grinding acorns, 

 and also water-tight jars, are thus constructed. The ornamentation is 

 contined to narrow bands, the artist being restricted by the technic. 



