ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



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White, in her book, More Baskets and How to Make Them, has 

 worked this subject out very carefully.'^ 



Figs, 3-i to 39, inchisive, show tlie result of her studies. 



Fig. 3-1: is the simplest form of starting the bottom of a basket. 

 Four warp stems are arranged in pairs and crossed at the center. A 



Fk;. -M. 

 warp .stems crossed in paiks. 



After Mary White. 



Fig. a^. 



WARP STEMS f^ROSSED IN FOURS. 

 After Marv White. 



strip of wood or a flexible stem is wound twice around the intersection. 

 The flgure also shows how additional warp stems may be introduced 

 into this pattern, being thrust ])et\veen the regular stems. Once they 

 are held firmly in place by two or three rows of common basket weav- 



Fir.. 36. 



SIXTEEN STEMS WOVEN IN FOURS. 

 After Miirv White. 



Fig. 37. 



warp stems trossed in fours 



and twined. 



After Mary White. 



ing, additional warp stems are added, and they are bent out radially 

 as a foundation for the work. 



Fig. 35 shows how a start may ])e made with 16 warp stems crossing 

 in groups of four at the center. Two sets l^egin at once to divide and 



« How to make Baskets, New York, 1902; also More Baskets and how to make 

 Them, 1903. 



