532 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



The figure of an Araucanian woman acting as both freight and 

 passenger carrier is introduced from De Schryver'^' to show the exten- 

 sion of the buttonhole stitch technic southward. The insertion of a 

 foundation in coiled work is not common farther north, l)ut will be 



again noted at the ver}^ extremit}^ 

 of the continent. (See fig. 204:.) 

 The basketry of South America 

 reaches its southern limit in the 

 Fuegian coiled ware with slight 

 foundation and sewing in button- 

 hole stitches, illustrated in fig. 59. 

 Coming over to the western side 

 of the continent, fig. 205 is a coiled 

 carrying bag from Chiriqui, Co- 

 lombia, and is a type of an enor- 

 mous amount of ware to be found 

 in Middle America, North Amer- 

 ica, and South J^ merica. It is rep- 

 resented in fig\ 42, and is called in 

 this monograph ceiled work with- 

 out foundatio' . It will be seen, 

 by looking at the detail, that the 

 twine constituting the fabric inter- 

 locks with the stitch underneath and makes a complete revolution, catch- 

 ing the next stitch, and so on. Without definite information on the sub- 

 ject, it is believed that in making these bags some sort of a gauge is used 

 by the Aveaver — a small stick which may be slipped along as the work 

 proceeds. 



The detail is shown in fig. 200. and 

 especial attention is called to the 

 ornamental effect of using a two-ply 

 twine and the additional decorative 

 feature of having the twines in dif- 

 ferent colors. 



The fibers of the Middle Americans 

 and Mexicans are of the best kind and 

 texture, and are used in hammocks 

 and for the most exacting labor in 

 transportation. 



An interesting example of the friendly cooperation between the 

 best material and the best workmen is to 1)e found in the Republic of 

 Ecuador in the manufacture of the so-called Panama hat. In Con- 

 sular Report No. 821 Consul Perry M. de Leon gives the following 



Fig. 205. 



carrying net. 



Chiriqiii, Colombia. 



Fig. 206. 



DETAIL OF FIG. 20.Ci, 



« Simon de Schryver, Eoyaume d'Araucanie-Patagonie, 1887. 



