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cover of fig. 2t»7. Across the middle are two rows of ordinary over- 

 two twilled weaving, seen also in detail in fig-. 208. A noticeable fea- 

 ture on other specimens, however, to which attention is drawn by 

 Holmes" and to which he gives the name diagonal combination, is the 

 production of triangular figures. The weaver in going from right to 

 left produces the efl'ect of right-angle triangles, but in returning so 

 regulates the decussations of the fibers as to give to the pairs of tri- 



FlG. 20.S. 



DETAIL OK FIG. '207 

 After W. H. Holmes. 



Fig. 209. 

 det.\il of a peruvian basket. 



AftL-r W. H. Holmes. 



angles of the two rows a common hypothenuse. The effect of this com- 

 bination is magical, leaving the impression of high relief. (Fig. 209.) 

 But the most charming effects in these Peruvian workbaskets are 

 brought about by the use of narrow strips of wood, over which the 

 plaiting takes place and by which broad bands of 



produced 



This result is manifest 





Fig. 210. 

 detail of a peruviax 



BASKET. 



Fig. 211. 

 detail of a peruvian basket. 



twilled work aro 



in figs. 210 and 



211. 



Another char- 



actcn-istic of this 



Peruvian work 



is the hinging of 



the cover of the 



basket as part of 



the weaving. In 



Plate 243, evidently the workbasket of an ancient spinner in Vicuna 

 wool, there is a single cover, but it will l)e seen that the modern com- 

 partment trunk has been anticipated, the basket being in three divi- 

 sions, the middle one forming the cover of the lower one. The detail 

 of the hinge as a part of the texture may be seen in the small drawings 

 at the bottom of the plate. 



Plate 241: is a twined carrying frame from the graves of Iquique, 

 southern Peru. I'he framework consists of three sticks, bent in the 

 shape of an oxbow, crossing each other at the bottom so as to give to 



« W. H. Holmes, A Study in the Textile Art, Sixth Annual Eeport of the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology, i). 206, figs. 297-299. 



