504 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



The language of the claim is as follows (Plate 4): 



I claim as new: 



(1) The combination, with a holder for one end of the warp threads, a clamping 

 device for securing said holder to a fixed support, and a holder for the (jther end of 

 the warp threads, of one or more bars adapted to be inserted in the warp, to serve 

 as a guide against which the weft is beatcui up, a heddle frame constructed to be iield 

 in and operated by hand, and a shuttle, also constructed to be operated by hand, 

 said devices constituting a hand-weaving apparatus, substantially as described. 



(2) The combination, with a fixed support for one end of the warp threads and a 

 free support for the other end of said warp threads, of one or more bars adapted to 

 be inserted in the warp, to serve as a guide against which the weft is beaten up, a 

 heddle frame constructed to be held in and operated by the hand, substantiall}' as 

 and for the purpose specified. 



(3) The combination, with a fixed support for one end of the warp threads and a 

 free support for the other end of said threads, of one or more bars ada^jted to be 

 inserted into the warp and to serve as a guide against which the weft is beaten up, 

 a heddle frame constructed to be held and operated by hand, and a shuttle of len- 

 ticular form in cross section, operated by hand to pass the weft thread through the 

 warp and for beating up the lay, substantially as described. 



(4)' The holder or clamping device for one end of the warp thread, consisting of 

 the cjapiping bars 1, 2, 3, the latter being provided with a screw clamp or clamping 

 bracket (B), and the screws (s), said parts being constructed for operation substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose specified. 



(5) The heddle frame consisting of a rectangular frame (H), the upper crossbar 

 (h^) of which is provided with a groove in its under side, and the lower cross- 

 bar (h'^) with an offset in combination with the rack bars (h), rectangular in 

 cross section, the healds {W), the stirrups (e), the locking bar (L), and locking 

 latches (1) substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



(6) The herein described shuttle (S), the body of which is of lenticular form in 

 cross section, having slitted points (s*), the slit of which terminates in an eye (s'^), 

 substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



HEDDLE FRAMES FROM THE PUEBLO REGION. 



This interesting region occupies the valley of the npp(>v Rio Grande, 

 the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and also portions of 

 southern Utah, southern Colorado, southern California, and northern 

 Mexico. It was first invaded by Spaniards when Cabeza de Yaca 

 crossed it in 1536, and visited by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in his 

 expedition to search for the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. After 

 this the region was occupied by Spanish settlers, sheep were intro- 

 duced, and weaving in machines began. Some of the rude mechanical 

 appliances of this class existed there doubtless before of Mexican 

 type, since in the ancient ruins and cave dwellings textile fabrics of 

 excellent quality are found. But no relic has, up to this time, been 

 exhumed which connects the heddle frame here described with any- 

 thing earlier than the Spanish occupation, nearly 400 years ago. 



The most interesting part of this study, however, is a large collec- 

 tion of heddle frames from the pueblo region of the United States for 

 weaving garters, belts, and other narrow ceremonial fabrics, some- 

 times in plain color, more commonly m stripes and diaper effects in 



