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EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSIEUM, 1902. 



The reason for this is apparent, since in ovoiy third revolution one 

 element passes behind the warp and two remain in front. Three- 

 strand twined work is seldom used over the entire surface of a ])asket. 

 In tij^. 30 will be seen the drawing- of a very old piece of twined Avork 

 from the ancient Hopi or Mold Pueblo. The bottom of this old basket 

 jar and a portion of the bod}', as will be seen, are covered with plain 

 twine weft. The shoulder and neck and two bands of the body are in 

 three-strand twined weaving-. A small portion of the inside, seen in 

 the top of the'drawing, as will be seen, has the appearance of small two- 

 strand twined work. In lig. 31 is shown a square inch from the sur- 



FiG. 30. 



BASKBT-JAB IN THREE-STRAND TWINE. 



Hopi Indians, Arizona. 

 CoUooted by J. W. Powell. 



face of this jar, enlarged to make plain, the appearance of the two types 

 of teclmic. T'he upper portion of the figure has all the appearance of 

 twilled and twined work in two-strand weft. The three-strand work 

 shown in this figure is a Ute motive. The U. S. National Museum col- 

 lections represent at least seven different styles of basketry technic 

 attributed to the Hopi people of Tusayan, and philologists have come 

 to the conclusion that the Hopi are a very mixed people. 



(/>) Thrci-stnuid hra/d.—ln three-strand ))raid the weft elements are 

 held in the hand in the same fashion, ])ut instead of being twined 

 simply they are plaited or braided, and as each element passes under 



