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of Porno weaves; the patterns arc bold and clear and cover the whole 

 area. It is the only weave whose pattern is not woven through. 

 It has also the mode of delicate striicture. It is used in large acorn 

 baskets, also in mush baskets, being strong, smooth, and moderately 

 close. Some fine gift baskets are also in this weave, and it seems to 

 be susceptible of much more elaborate ornamentation than the plain 

 twined work. The word Shuset, says Hudson, is understood only as 

 far south as Ukiah City, the Yokaia term for diagonal twine being 

 Bam tsai. (See fig. 20.) 



5. Sheetsin is a style of three-strand twined weaving in which at 

 each third of a turn one weft filament is carried behind a warp stem. 

 It will be seen at once that when the bundle of weft filaments has 

 made a whole revolution, each one of them will have been carried 

 behind the warp. On the inside this basketry does not difier in 

 appearance from common twined weaving, but on the outside each 

 weft element passes over three warp stems and under one. 



There is a peculiar tj'pe of Sheetsin used chiefly to start the foun- 

 dations of twined baskets. It is a three-strand weft in which a braid 

 is formed instead of a twine, one of its elements passing over each 

 warp, the other two remaining outside. On the inside the efl^ect is of 

 plain twined weaving, while on the outside the effect is diagonal. 

 (See fig. 28.) 



6. Lit is a style of twined weaving in which one of the elements 

 remains on the inside of the basket and the other is wrapped around 

 the checks foimed by the crossing of this horizontal element with the 

 vertical warps. The Makah Indians, of Cape Flatterv, employ this 

 technic almost exclusively, but Hudson says the Kulanapan tribes used 

 it only to give variety to a surface in which plain twine and Shuset 

 are used. On the same authority", this word Lit is known among all 

 the Pomo tribes, even among the Tsawalu Pomo, near Guernerville. 

 (See figs. 21, 22.) 



7. Tee (intricate) is a double structure, a Bamtush reinforced by 

 horizontal warp across the outside of the vertical. On the inside this 

 ware is undistinguishable from plain twined work. Its characteristics 

 are great strength, the closest mesh, and a pattern dim and impres- 

 sional. It is the most difficult and highest priced of the Tshama 

 weaves. The openwork basket trays in tee weave are called by Dr. 

 Hudson psher kom, or fish plate. (See fig. 27.) 



The name Shi bu, or Tschibu, applies, says Purd}^, in reality to 

 only the three-stick coiled baskets. The full name is Bam shi bu, or 

 Bamsibu, sticks three. No branch of the Pomo use it except for three- 

 stick baskets and only the Calpella, Kalshe, and Ballo bai Pomo use it 

 at all as a basket name. One-stick baskets in Calpella, Kalshe, and 

 Ballo bai Pomo are bam cha, stick one, or tishais. The filaments of 

 Pomo Shibu coiled basketry are shaved down to uniform width and 

 thickness with the greatest care. 



