MURDOCH.] 



WEAVING TOOLS 



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feiith.T belt^s. I had l 

 evideutly does uot n 

 needle or shuttle ufl) 

 feather weaviin;. been 



111 opportunity of sfcini; a 

 luire all three of these t( 

 )iie (Fi^i-. 322, No. .s'J4;'.l |1 

 ise, as already iiieiitioiied, 



fiot fastened together iuto a idntinuons ci 

 a shuttle. It is o-'.l inches loug and 0-7 wii 

 stick .itantler (Fig. ;52:5, No. 8!U38 1133S]) (; 

 inches in length, and a little hook, wh 

 be fitted for nothing except netting a snia 

 lower edge of the handle. lio\vc\ er. is cut 

 rounded notches, which jierhaps serve th^ 

 a nide "frame" for keeping apart the sti 

 warp, while the woof of feather is pasf 



net. The 

 itolOdeep 



purpose of 

 mds of tlie 

 •d through 



with the fingers. It would be held with this edge 

 up, and the beginning of the belt being fastened to 

 the wall, the warp strands would be stretrhed over 

 this, as over a ^oliu bridge, each resting in one of the 

 notches. The last tool of the ,set (Fig. 324, No. 89462 

 [1.338)) i.s undoubtedly a "sword" for pushing home 

 the woof, and probably also serves to separate the 

 strands of the warp into a "shed." It is a flat, thin 

 piece of antler, 9 inches long and three-fourths wide, 

 of whicli al)ont ti* inches forms a straight blade (I* 

 inches long, and the rest is bent round to on«^ side aud 

 slightly down, forming a handle. When the strands 

 of the warp are stretched over the bridge as al)0ve de- 

 scrilx'd, jmshing this horizontally through them alter- 

 natel\ o\ er and under the successive strands, woidd 

 make a " shed " through which the end of the woof 

 could be thrust with one motion, and pushed up 

 again.st the preceding strand of the woof by sliding 

 tiie .sword forward. It wonhl then lie witlulra wn and 

 passed through again, going over the strands it went 

 under bef(U'e and vice versa, so as to open a •■shed" 

 foi- tiie next strand of the woof. 



,sv,r/;)//.— For sewing furs and leather they alw; 

 use thread made by stripi)ing off thin fibers from a fig. 324.-'Swo.d' for 



. , . 1 -ii feather woaviiig. 



idece of dried sinew ot the reindeer, as is usual with 



Eskimo. Cotton or linen thread of civilized manufacture is now often 



used for sewing the cotton frocks, etc., and sometimes for making an or- 



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