ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



418 



tln> slopes above timber line in May and June eveiy bush and 

 tall dry weed will )>c festooned with tufts of wo.ol that could !)e picked 

 oH' in haiidt'uUs. In a good goat region the Indians might gather wool 

 enough for a large part of their 

 clothing without the trouble of 

 killing one. 



Fig, 142 is a jsection of a wallet 

 made by the Chilkat Indians 

 (Koluschan family) in southeast 

 ern .Alaska. The material is the 

 young root of spruce. It is here 

 introduced to show the eti'ect on 

 the surface of several kinds of 

 weaving before described. Be- 

 ginning at the bottom of the 

 drawing there are eight rows of 

 alternate plain twined and checker weaving. At the margin of this 

 lower poilion, and also at the upper margin of the drawing, will be 

 found a row of twined work set on the regular twined weavino- for 



Fig. 1-13. 



ilAT IN I'INE TWIXEIi WEAVING. 



Haiila. Indians, British Columbia. 

 Cat. No. .s;»u:«. r.S.N.M. Collectccl by .lames <;. Swan. 



Fig. 144. 

 detail (if fig. 143. 



strength and ornament. The upper portion of the wallet is a mix- 

 ture of plain twined work over one warp splint and twilled twine 

 weaving over two warp splints, making a diagonal pattern on the 

 surface. The rope is made of the same material. 



