496 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



threads, the outer two being through the sides of the frame itself. 



The upper margin of the board is cut out in figures or patterns <j[uite 



similar to those on the Schoolcraft specimen. 

 In addition to these openings, the surface is 

 covered with carvings. 



The second example (fig. 9) is rather rudely 

 made of board. It is 5 inches broad and s 

 inches long. Counting the sides of the appa- 

 ratus, there are fourteen healds, perforati^l 

 in the middle, through which warp threads 

 pass, and thirteen slits or openings between 

 these, all 4^ inches long and 0.2 inch broad. 

 The upper part of the board has three heart- 

 shaped perforations, a serrated border, and a 

 l| loop, used for moving the heddle up and down 



or for hanging it up when not in use. 



A third example, having no ornamentation, 

 is 5i inches long and 8 inches broad. It has 

 eighteen openings, 4 inches long.^ 



The lack of definite information concerning 

 the precise origin of the Schoolcraft specimen 

 (fig. 1) and that of the Sauk or Masquakie 

 Indians of central Iowa, collected by Mr. 

 W J McGee, makes it diflicult to inquire 

 into the German origin of the Algonquin 

 specimens. It must be noted, however, that 

 the ornamental carvings at the top arc alike 

 in the two types. Furthermore, it must not 

 be assumed that the specimens in the U. S. 

 National Museum exhaust the geographic dis- 

 tribution of this type of apparatus. Quite 

 the contrary. It would be surprismg to find 

 that it had no use in England and France in 

 the Colonial period. 



ITALIAN HEDDLE FRAMES. 



Fig. 7. 



HKDDLE AND SHUTTLK, SET UP FOR 

 WEAVINO, ALSO WARP HOLDER. 



Saalleld, East Prussia. 



Cat. No. 176S21, U.S.N.M. Collected 



by Elizabeth Lemke. 



In the U. S. National Museum is a heddle 

 frame from the town of Siena, south of Tus- 

 cany, Italy, collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. 

 Unfortunatel}^, material is lacking in all the 

 area between east Prussia and Tuscany. 

 Furthermore, it will be seen that the inventor has been at work more 

 than once to transform the Cassubisch into the Tuscan specimen 



^Upon the Cassubic population of Farther Pomerania nee Baltische Studien, by Dr. 

 C. A. Hass, pp. 33-308, and Blatter flir Volkskuude, IV, pp. 51-81. 



