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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



PUEBLO HEDDLES OF VARIOUS SIZES. 



Collection of hcddles from pueblos, marked Zuni in the catalogue, 

 but the location is not definitely known. The apparatus is more com- 

 mon at Moki. 



Plate 7, fig. 1. Crossbars, rectangular strips of wood with notches 

 cut on the flat side to receive the ends of the healds. This char- 

 acteristic should be noted in this specimen, since it is very rare; 

 in most examples it will be seen that the healds are laid against the 



Fig. 19. 



BATTEN FROM GUADALAJARA, MEXICO, ON THE PLAN OF THE PUEBLO HEDDLES. 



Cat. No. 165534, U.S.N.M. 



frame. In this specimen there are sixteen healds made of bits of 

 split cane or splints of wood one-fourth of an inch wide and very thin. 

 The ends are notched to fit into the notches cut into the crossbars and 

 are held in place by a contiiuious winding or wrapping of sinew fila- 

 ment. The holes or stirrups, in the healds, are coarse and rudely 

 excavated. 



Tlie healds arie 4 inches long between the crossbars; the whole 

 length of healds is 5 inches, and of crossbars i>i inches. 



Cat. No. 127088, U.S.N. M. Collected by Bureau of Ethnology. 



