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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



(11) The four-strand braid or sennit is attached to the outside of 

 the border by a two-strand twined weaving. The middh' strands of the 

 four-strand braid are crossed each time behind the outer one of the 

 two-strand weft (lig-. 78), which also grasp tlie turned-down \\nr\) on 

 the t)ack. 



BORDER INC'I,O.SIK(i JIOOP. 



Tlinkit Indians. 



(12) The border of the oval covered basket differs radically from 

 that of all others. Here the top of the wall is rolled over on the out- 

 side and twined down to the side all around, and sometimes this roll 



Fig. so. 



border of three-strand bkaiu 



Tlinkit Indians. 



incloses a thick sized .vpruce hoop, which adds considerably to the 

 strength and stiffness of the border. (See fig. 7*J.) 



In all instances where the. warp ends are turned over, the ends of the 

 woof splints in finishing off the border are twisted and run through 

 the bights of the two or three last warp strands. 



