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quarter of an inch to an inch apart. At the toj), where the twined 

 work finishes, the warp cords are brought together in groups of five 



and twisted into a rope for a 

 short distance. They are then 

 gathered into a continuous 

 braid; the ends of those plaited 

 in are cut off when the ends of 

 a new set are taken up. This 

 very elaborate form of border 

 will also be found later on in 

 Washington. (See fig. 65.) 



The methods of finishing 

 borders on twined work among 

 the Salishan tribes are shown 

 ill the accompanying figure. 

 The Quinaielt wallet (Cat. No. 

 127843, U.S.N.M., collected 

 by Charles Willoughby), has 

 several noteworthy character- 

 istics. The twined weft is ver- 

 tical, woven over a frail warp. 

 At the upper margin are out- 

 side strengthening rows of 

 close-twined work. Finally, 

 the two ends of each vertical 

 weft element are brought to- 

 gether as one, bent backward 

 behind the two preceding ones, then forward under a row of twined 

 weaving, serving to hold them in place, the loose end showing on 

 the inside. (See fig. 6Q.) 



Turning now to twined weav- 

 ing on hard foundation, it will 

 be a matter of surprise that the 

 Porno Indians, who make some 

 of the finest twined basketry in 

 the world, take no pains in fin- 

 ishing off' the upper margin of 

 many pieces. Cat. No. 165659, 

 U.S.N.M., is a basket of the 

 Porno Indians, collected for the 

 Bureau of Ethnology by H. W. 

 Henshaw. Diameter, 11 inches. 

 (See fig. 67 and Plate 19.) 



The weaving is done when the material is wet and soft, and in dry- 

 ing the weft shriidvs and binds itself to the warp, so that the basket 



Fig. 66. 



twined wallet. 



Quinaielt Iiirtiaiis, Washington. 



Cat. No. 127S4:i. ( 'ollfcted by Charles Willoughby. 



Fig. 67. 



single-strand twined border. 



Pomo Indians. 



Cat. No. 16,')659, U.S.N. M. Collected by H. W. Henshaw. 



