388 REPORT OB" NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



bent clown and inclosed in a wrapping of the .same material. Under- 

 neath this is a row of twined weaving, which holds in place those 

 warp elements that do not enter into the texture. A nmch neater 

 example of worlc of this kind is shown in the next tigure, m here tlie 

 lilaments are more carefully prepared and manipulated and the border 

 more neatly finished, but the technical j)rocess is the same. The artistic 

 efi'ect of plain twilled work is shown in this example. 



Fig. 12-1: exhibits the process of crossing in what might ])e called 

 diaper or figured work. The effect is heightened by dyeing ])lack one 

 set of the filaments, eithei' Avarp or weft. In that case the figures 

 stand out most prominently. The entire efi'ect of this sort of weav- 

 ing, however, is in the endless combination of rectangles, ])lack and 

 white, all having the same width and difierent lengths. 



The basket shown in this dissected weaving is Choctaw, Catalogue 

 No. 24143, in the U. S. National Museum, collected by Father 

 Ro(iuet, of New Orleans. 



Plates 132-133 represent the twilled basketrj^ of the Chetimacha 

 Indians, Chetimachan family, who have their home on Grande River 

 and the larger part in Charenton, St. Mark's Parish. The name is 

 derived from the Choctaw words tchuti^ ''cooking vessels," inasha^ 

 "they possess." Mr. Gatschet in 1881 found about fifty individuals 

 still living. The material of their work is the cane {Anindlnaria 

 tecta) and all of their weaving is in the twilled style of technic. 



Compared with the work of the Choctaws (Plate 134) and their 

 neighbors, the Attakapa (Plate 135), it is more picturesque and attrac- 

 tive, the colors being the original of the cane, red and 3'ellow. Similar 

 work is to be seen in the northern part of South America, especialh' 

 in Guiana. The interesting feature of the Attakapa wea\'ing is that 

 frequently the specimens have the appearance of being doidile — that 

 is, both the outside and the inside of the receptacle presenting the 

 small surface of the cane. At once the work connects itself with mat- 

 ting found in the caves of Kentucky and Tennessee. 



Plate 133 represents a fine collection of old Chetimachas in the col- 

 lection of ]\Irs. Sidney Bradford, of Avery Parish, Louisiana. They 

 should be examined carefully, since they were posed so as to exhibit 

 the technic of the various parts. 



Plate 135 shows a small number of twilled basketry made by the 

 Attakapa Indians living in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. They are the 

 last remnant of an independent linguistic famih" once spread south- 

 ward along the Texan coast. The l)askets are made from the stems of 

 the cane. The outer tough la}^^- is split ofi' and dyed if necessary. It 

 is then worked into twilled ware, which hy the texture and variety of 

 colors shows elegant designs. 



These specimens, Catalogue Nos. 165735 to 105730 in the IT. S. 

 National Museum, were collected in Louisiana l)y Mrs. William Pres- 

 ton Johnston. 



