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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



collection of the National Museum in wliicli tlie turned reverted ends 

 of warp stems are l)raidod among themselves. 



This braided warp is held together 1)}' rows of twined weaving. 



1. The crudest border, or really want of border, consists in cutting 

 off the ends of the warp even with the last spiral of two-strand weft. 

 This is universally practiced with the covered work basket, and is often 

 the finish of the smaller double ])asket. (See fig. 67.) 



2. Border with the warp ends cut oft' fiush, the one or more rows of 

 three-strand twined woof around the edge adding strength to this part. 

 (See fig. i'lS.] 



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Fig. 73. 



two-strami twine, onl.^ii) for border. 



Tlinkit Indians. 



3. In the third type of border a two-strand twine is laid vertically 

 against the outside of the warp stems and held in place by another two- 

 strand twine passing through the vertical twine and around the back 

 of the wai-p stems. The vertical twine appears only on the outside of 

 the ]>asket. The horizontal twine is seen on the outside and the inside 

 alike. (See fig. 73.) 



4. In the fourth type of border a two-strand twine is ornamented on 

 the outside with false eml)roidery precisely as on the l)ody. In some 

 cases a narrow band of this st3de of weaving occurs at the upper 

 margin and is decorative as well as useful. 



5. The Haida and the Tlinkit truncated cone-like hat of root is fin- 

 ished at the border by cutting oft' the warp ends fiush and weaving a 



