ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



265 



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rirREK-STItAXl) TWINED P.OP.nEE. 



Cat. No. 20:i3S7. U.S.N.M. I ■.)lliM't,i.d by J. W. 



Hu(.ls..ii. 



actiialh" wears out before it unravels, (xraiiarv ])iiskets, mill hoppers, 

 mush bowls, and other varieties in common use have this sort of mar- 

 gin. In the drawing- here shown the weft is su])posed to Ix' untwisted, 

 and the whole is enlarged in order toexhilnt the texture, ^^'hen com- 

 plete the warp is driven close together and the little sticks of alder or 

 willow forming the warp are left 

 protruding. 



In the following illustration the 

 same principle obtains of making 

 little or no change in the finishing. 

 but the technic is three-strand instead 

 of two-strand. The figure repi-esents 

 a section of a meal l>owl of the C Vyal 

 Pomo, Cat. No. 2();328T. r.S.N.M.. 

 which was collected by .1. A^'. Hud- 

 son. (See tig. ()S.) 



Plate 3-i makes evident the dilier- 

 ence between the plain twined bor- 

 der and the three-strand border. In the upper ligure the inside of the 

 basket is exhil)ited and the effect is that of common two-strand twine, 

 but in the lower figure the three-strand twine a])pears in a single i-ow 

 of weaving on the upper border. The cutting of!' of the margin is 

 also shown. It is to he undei-stood that the trimming of the ends 



of the warp stems is not done 

 until all tlie weaving is entirely 

 finished. 



The Hupa Indians in some 

 cases finish the bordi^rs of twined 

 work by bending down the ends 

 of the war}) and wrapping or 

 seizing them with splints of wil- 

 low or other tough material. An 

 inch of the border in a l)asket of 

 the liay collection in the U. S. 

 National Museum is shown. (See 

 hg. 00 and Plate ITO.) 



Another example of this wov- 

 en and coiled work is shown. 

 The l)asket (Cat. No. 08491, 

 U.S.N.M.) is the work of the 

 Zufii Indians of New Mexico. It will be seen that the last row of 

 weaving at the top is three-strand. Th(> warp rods or stems extend a 

 little wa3's upward, then bend sharply to the left. They are then cut 

 so that there will be always three of them included. The coil or seiz- 

 ing of splints holds them all tii-mly in place. The top of the basket 

 nie^sures 4^ inches in diameter. (See fig. TO.) 



Fig. 69. 

 border ok hl'pa twixed basket. 



