ABORIGINAL AMERICAIST BASKETRY. 



263 



Fui. 01. 



SINGLE-STRAND col I. EH J50RPER. 



Moravian Settlement, North Carolina. 



Cat. No. ai4!J58. U.S.N. M. Collected by Carolyn G. 

 Benjamin. 



ott' various kinds of ))ordors. 



around one or two warp stems, the hoop inereasino- in length as the 

 work widens and additional warp elements are inserted. This specimen 

 is Cat. No. 21455S, U.S.N.M., and was collected by Mrs. C. (i. Bon- 

 jamin from the Moravian settle- 

 ment, North Carolina. Diam- 

 eter, 5f inches. (See fig. (J-t.) 



The term twined basketry is 

 applied to every variety whose 

 warp elements are held together 

 l)y twined weaving. The warp 

 is either soft 1i lament, or hard- 

 wood splints, or roots. The weft 

 likewise may l)e yarn of Hax. 

 wool, or other very plial)le ma- 

 terial, or it may he rigid splints 

 from roots or tough .young wood, 

 such as osier, red l)ud, sumac, 

 or the like. Such a ^'ariet3^ of 

 material will demand in the hnisliinj. 

 Lieutenant Emmons speaks of th(^ l)order of the basket as its life and 

 says that while a rent in the side or bottom of a wallet may l)e sewed 

 ^ .,-_.^,^«^ ,,^«"»:.^ with fresh root, the breaking of 

 i- ,.\ .^i^ >- fj^Q edge suggests at once to the 



woman the gathering of niaterials 

 for a new basket. The great va- 

 riety of borders in this type of 

 weaving can be best understood 

 by studying specimens. It will 

 )>e interesting to begin this by 

 comparing examples from two 

 widely separated areas, namely, 

 the caves of Kentucky and the 

 distant islands of the Aleutian 

 chain, both in soft warp. (See 

 Plate Un.) 



Hohnes" descri))esbagsof tiber 

 foiuid in a cave 8 miles from 

 Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. The 

 largest is 3i inches across and 

 15 inches deep. The warp is of 

 2-strand twine; an ornamental va- 

 riety is given by introducing two 

 larger cords of a diiferent color at stated intervals. These warps are 

 held in place b}^ regular twined weaving at distances varying from a 



Fig. 65. 

 braided border from warp. 



After W. H. Holmes. 



('Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnolog)', 1S*^)6, ]>. 34, tig. 8. 



