ABORIGINAL AMP:KirAN BASKP:TRY, 



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one iiiid over the other of the reinaiiniio- two chMiieuts, it is (•iirri(Hl 

 ])eliind ;i warp .stem. This i)roeess is better understood l)y ex{uninin<»" 

 the upper part of tig. 32, a and h. On the surface, when the work i« 

 driven home, it is impossibh> to discriminate V)etween three-strand 

 twine and three-strand braid. Th(^ three-strand braid is found at the 

 starting of all Pomo twined ])askets, 

 no matter how the rest is ])uilt up. 

 Fig. 83 is a eonieal earr3'ing ])asket 

 of the Klamath Indians of Oregon, 

 collected ])y L. S. Dyar. It is made 

 of coarse stems of rushes. The 

 warp liegins with a few" stems 

 brought together to a point at the 

 bottom and as the specimen widens 

 out fresli warp stems are added. 

 These are securely joined together 

 by a continuous coil of weft, which 

 is a three-strand l)raid. At the lie- 

 ginning these turns of the coil touch 

 one another, but as the w^ork pro- 

 gresses and the basket widens the 

 distance from one row to the next increases until thev ai'e n(»arlv an 

 inch apart at the to}). The l)raiding is done from the outside, two of 

 the stems showing always there and only one on the inside, resem})ling 

 common twined weaving. This is the otdy specimen in the Museum 

 in w^hich the whole surface is braided. In manv twined baskets of the 



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TUKKK-STRANn AND PI.AJN TWINED WKAVINO. 



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tiikp:e-strani) kraid. 

 a, outside: /), iiisido. 



Pomo an inch or so at the bottom is thus woven. The top is finished 

 oii' in the following manner: Three warp ends are braided together 

 for at least 2 inches, turned down and cut off. The hook-shaped ends 

 are held in place by a row of connuon twined weaving at the top. 

 Just below this and close to the ends is a row of three-strand braid. 

 NAT MUS 1902 It) 



