NO. 2235. 



UOPl INDIAN COLLECTION— HOUGH. 



253 



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SHADE COMPLKTK. 

 SHADE. 



FRAME OF EVE 



made into rolls by hand. Bowing cotton after the Asiatic method 



appears to have been unknown in America. 

 The excellent quality of 



the Hopi blanket is due 



to the strong fiber of the 



wool of their native sheep 



and to the conscientious 

 w o r k in pre- 

 paring the yarn. 

 The washed 

 wool is dyed 

 witli indigo, a 

 material that 

 has from time 

 immemorial 

 been an article 

 of commerce in 

 the Southwest, 

 where it was in- 

 troduced by the 

 Spanish. The 

 Avool, which 



was formerly whipped like cotton, is now carded with the 

 toothed appliance which was no doubt introduced on the 

 transfer of the present weaving art to the Pueblos some time 

 after the Spanish-Mexican invasion, formed into rolls and 

 spun on the simple spindle, which consists of a rod about 

 the length and size of an arrowshaft weighted with a per- 

 forated disk of wood, horn, or earthenware (pi. 30, figs. 

 4, 5, 6). After spinning the yarn is stretched and 

 smoothed by taking one turn over a polished corncob and 

 drawing the corncob along, care being taken to regulate 

 the tension, and 

 finally the loose 

 fibers are re- 

 moved by singe- 

 ing and the fin- 

 ished yarn laid 

 up in hanks. 

 Laying up the warp. — 

 Since the fabric is to be 

 woven to the edges and 

 finished there without sel- 



FiG. 29.— 

 Whip for 



fluffing 



COTTON. 



Fig. 30.— Process of -wnirpiNG cotton. 



vage or loose ends, the warp is measured back and forward continu- 

 ously between two rods fastened by means of pegs in the floor at a 



