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then doubled upon itself and the sewing begins and proceeds back- 

 ward and forward, as in plowing, until fifteen rows are made; the 

 coiling then actually begins, the sewing extending not only along the 

 sides but across the ends, making a parallelogram, which is extended 

 for ten rows farther outward, at which place the additional ornament 

 begins. So far it is plain coiled work with split stitches; afterwards 

 it becomes a mixture of plain coiled work with upright bands of 

 imbrication. Its height is 13 inches, and its width at bottom is 1)^ 

 inches. 



The twined baskets of Washington, with little animals around the 

 margin, ])elong to the Skokomish and other Salishau tribes al)out 

 Puget Sound. When the tails turn up they are dogs or wolves; when 

 they turn down they are horses. Especial attention has been called 

 to the varied and tasteful effects produced by the use of the rectangu- 

 lar element. 



Plate 104 represents two carrying wallets of the Skokomish Indians 

 living in Washington. The examples shown are done in the style of 

 weaving called here "wrapped twine" (figs. 21 and 212). 



Plate 165 shows specimens of carrying baskets made l)}- Salish tribes 

 in Washington; the one in the center is Tillamuk, Catalogue No. 

 151149 in the U. S. National Museum, collected by Dr. Franz Boas. 

 The others, Nos. 2709 and 23511, are very old specimens in the 

 National Museum collection and are accredited to the Clallams. The 

 upper one on the plate is credited to the Wilkes Exploring Expedi- 

 tion, secured more than sixty years ago. All of these are in plain, 

 twined weaving with splint of root, probably spruce, made browner 

 by soaking in mud. The ornamentation is false embroidery in squaw 

 grass. The three methods of forming the border are noteworthy. In 

 the upper specimen stout cable is formed b}^ "sewing" a small bundle 

 of root splints with the same material. This is sewed here and there 

 to the upper margin of the wallet. The other figures show the margin 

 finished by braiding down; the loops of root were twisted in subse- 

 quently. The animals on the margin are horses. 



The specimen. Catalogue No. 23511, which is the lower one on the 

 plate, was collected in Washington by James G. Swan. 



Plate 166, upper figure, is an open twined wallet of the Tillanuik 

 Indians, Salishan family, the remnant of which is living at Grande 

 Ronde Agency, Oregon. The bottom of this basket is rather ingenious. 

 The warp splints of the sides pass across the bottom also and are held 

 together there by courses of twined weaving. At the edges of the end 

 portions of the ])ottom the splints of the weft or twined work become 

 the warp for the l)od3'. At the upper boi'der two rows of squaw grass 

 are beaded in. The braided border around the top is formed by the 

 ends of the warj) spliiits plaited together in a d()ul>le row, additional 

 material being used if necessary. 



