ABORIGINAL AMERICAN HASKKTHY 



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use of three weft splints und othcM- kinds of weft elements instead of 

 two, and there are four ways of administering the weft: 



(a) Three-strand twine. 



(/>) Three-strand ))raid. 



(r) Three-strand, false enil)roiderv. Tlinkit. 



{(/) Frap])ed twine, Thompson Kivei'. 



It will )»e seen in stud3'ino- these four methods that they are partly 

 structural and partly ornamental, especially the last two. Inasnuich, 

 however, as the Indian woman 

 makes her ornamental work a 

 part of her industi'ial work, the 

 four methods may l)e all studied 

 here. Ver}- little was known 

 among' the American aborioincs 

 concerning" additional ornaments 

 given to the textile after the 

 foundation was woven. Tiie part 

 which furnishes strength to the 

 fabrii- and that which gives deco- 

 ration were in technic one and 

 the same process. 



{(f) Thi'i'c-fifrand tmlne. — In 

 this technic the basket-weaver holds in her hand three weft elements 

 of any of the kinds mentioned. In twisting these three, each one 

 of the strands, as it passes inward, is carried behind the warp stem 

 adjoining, so that in a whole revolution the three weft elements have 



TEK OR I,ATTiCE-T\VIXED WEAVINii. 



Poiiio Indians. California. 



Anu-rii-aii Aiithropolotrist, III. I'.IOl. fig. 22. 



Fig. 28. 



three-strand braid and twined work. 



(Outside.) 



American Aiitiiropologrist, III. IIIOI. ti(j;. 23. 



Flii. 29. 

 THREE-STRAND RRAIl) AND TWINED WORK. 



(Inside.) 



Anierit-an Anthropologist, III, lilOl, fig. 24. 



in turn passed behind three warp elements. After that the process is 

 repeated. By referring to the lower halves of tigs. 2S and 20, the 

 outside and the inside of this technic will be made plain. On the out- 

 side there is the appearance of a three-strand string laid along the warp 

 stems, while on the inside the texture looks like a plain twined weaving*. 



