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less intricacy, forming a rope pattern on the outside. So much of 

 wicker basketry as orio-inated with the Indians is very simple in the 

 matter of finishing. Cat. No. 215487 shows how this sort of work is 

 done. The basket is the work of the Zuiii Indians, New Mexico, and 

 is the gift of Mr. G. B. Ilaggett. Diameter, i)^ inches. (See fig. 62.) 

 The variation of this type ma^' l)e seen in the next figure. The 



Fir,. (12. 



THRKE-STltAND WAllP BORDER IN WICKER WORK. 



warp stems are in pairs and are l^ent in tliis case to the left at right 

 angles tmd woven out and 'n among the next three or four sets, 

 returning to the starting point. It is not altogether certain that 

 this style of finishing the l)order was invented by the Indians, l)ut 

 they have adopted it. This drawing is made from specimens in the 

 collection of G. Wharton James. (See fig. 03.) 



Fig. 63. 

 border made by weaving warp rods in pairs. 



Collected by G. Wharton James. 



In the next example the handle is a stifi' splint of hickor)% circular 

 in shape. The wide hoop l)order shown in the drawing and the circu- 

 lar hoop are the frame-work from which the weave begins. All the 

 smaller warp elements focus at the junction of these two. The widen- 

 ing is ett'ected by the introduction of fresh warp elements as the work 

 proceeds; the weft makes only a .short excursion at the beginning 



