PLATE I. 



(Mason. Basket- work. ) 



FiG 1 Aleutian twined wallet of sea-grass. The warp consists of a number of 

 straws radiating from the bottom. As the basket enlarges new straws are 

 inserted, and the whole is held in place by twine made of two straws, which 

 inclose a warp straw at each half turn. The cylindrical part of the vessel 

 is of the diamond pattern shown in Fig. 2. The ornamentation is produced 

 by embroidering with bits and strands of red, blue, and black worsted, in no 

 case showing on the inside of the wallet. The continuous line between the 

 diagonal stripes is formed by whipping with a single thread of worsted on 

 the outer stitches of one of the twines of straw. Whipping with single 

 thread in this ware is not common. The border is formed of the very com 

 plicated braid described in the text. Collected in Attu, by Wm.H. Ball. 

 Museum number, 14978. 



FIG. 2. A square inch of Fig. 1 enlarged, taken from the part of the texture where 

 the rectangular meshes pass into the lozenge-shaped meshes. The peculiar 

 method of splitting the warp threads and working the halves alternately to 

 the right and to the left is well shown. 



