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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, J!Hl2. 



Not only checkerwork, ))ut twilled work in cane and in twine and 

 wickerwork in soft material have been brought to light l\v cave explo- 

 rations in the Western and Southern States. In the Third Annual 

 Report of the Bureau of Ethnology Holmes figures an example of 

 wickerwork in soft materials from a cave in Kentucky. (See figs. 117, 

 118, and 119.)" 



To show the distribution of this ancient style of weaving, reference 

 is here made to — 



1. Coarse oblique checker twilled work from Ohio, made of twine. 



2. In the same volume (fig. 12) is shown a fragment of twilled cane 

 matting from Petite Anse Island, Louisiana. It has been preserved 

 all these years by salt. (See fig. 126.) 



Fig. 118. 

 charred fabric from mound. 



After W. H. Holme.s. 



Fic. 11"J. 



CHARRED FABRIC FROM MOUND. 

 After W. H. Holmep. 



H. Plate 2 in Holmes's report shows a mat of split cane from a rock 

 shelter on Clifl' Creek, Morgan County, Tennessee. It is 6 feet 6 

 inches by 3 feet 4 inches. The variety of twilled eft'ects and the 

 patterned border leave nothing to be desired. 



4. In a mound near Augusta, Georgia, a fragment of twilled matting 

 was found attached to the surface of a bit of copper, Holmes's fig. 11. 

 The interesting feature of this example is that on the side shown the 

 warp passes over one and under four, the weft, over four and under 

 one. His fig. 15, from Alabama, is similar, only the fornuda is three 

 and one. 



5. Fig. 14 is from an impression of twilled weaving on a fragment 

 of pottery found in Polk County, Tennessee. Three characteristics of 

 this fragment claim attention. The warp is of fine twine, the weft of 



"Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, KSUti, jtl. vii, tigs, c and (/. 



