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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



it was evidently made by a Ute woman. The pitch has Avorn off suf- 

 ficiently to reveal the process of making the other. Note, first, the 

 twnlled weaving- in openwork. The twists of the weft each include 

 two of the warp stems. On the next round the same two are not 

 included; they are separated to be joined again in the next row above. 

 Now, if the woman had pressed her weft close home, she would have 

 produced exactly the same effect as may be seen on the left-hand fig- 

 ure, a close twill. Observe, however, that at the widest part of the 

 body she has introduced one round of three-strand twine. Two rows 



Fig. 187. 



coiled jar. 



Paiute Indiana, Utah. 



Cat. No. 11262. U.S.N.M. follectfd hy .1. W. Powell. 



of the same form the lower boundary of the neck, which is done care- 

 lessly in plain weaving. Collected b}^ W. L. Hardesty. 



Nordenskjold found in the cliff dwellings of the southwestern United 

 States: 



1. Checker work in heavy, coarse sandals. 



2. Wickerwork. This may be seen also in Hopi l)asketry. 



3. Diagonal or twilled weaving, common in Hopi pueblo especially. 



4. Matting of rod strung on twine. Apache now use it. (See fig. 

 103.) 



6. Braiding in the round. In lariats. 

 6. Twined weaving in manv forms. 



