ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY 



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brown spruce root. Also the restful manner in which this work 

 chano-es the slope of the elements in the weaving should not be over- 

 looked. The twined weaving is made up of a series of little mosaic 

 elements laying down one upon another like a row of bricks that have 







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Fig. 103. 



beading on coiled work. 



Clallam Indians, Washington. 



Cat. No. 23512, U.S.N.M. Collected by J. G. Swan. 



fallen. The incline of the stitches in false embroidery is in the oppo- 

 site direction. In Plate 67 charming effects are produced l)y alternat- 

 ing the plain weaving and the embroider^-. (Emmons.) 



The twined false embroidery might be classed technically with three 

 strand twined weaving. (See 

 tigs. 29, 31, and 104.) The 

 warp is in normal position. 

 The weaver selects three 

 strands for weft, two of 

 spruce root and one of 

 brightly colored grass. They 

 all have their places in the 

 weaving, but the third, or 

 decorative element, instead 

 of taking its turn to pass 

 behind the warp, remains 

 on the outside and makes 

 a wrap about the strand that 

 happens to be there. The 

 wrapping may pass, also, over two by skipping every alternate twist of 

 the warp. The Thompson Indians vary the mode of wrapping by pass- 

 ing a strip of corn husk or other soft material entirely around the 

 twining each time, showing the tigure on the inside. 



Fig. 104. 



OVERLAID TWINED WEAVING. 



