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itself to the production of decorative modification, especially in the 

 direction of the concentric zonal arrangement so universal in vessel- 

 making arts. 



The examples given serve to indicate the unlimited decorative re- 

 sources possessed by the art without employing any but legitimate 

 (■(instnirtivf c'li'ini'iits. and it will be seen that still wider results can 

 lie olitaiiicd l)y cniiiliiuing two or more varieties or styles of binding 

 in the cuustructiun and the embellishment of a single object or in the 

 same piece of fabric. A good, though very simple, illusti-ation of 

 this is shown in the tray or mat presented in Fig. 280. In this case 

 a border, varying from the center portion in appearance, is obtained 

 by changing one series of the filaments from a multiple to a single 

 arrangement. 



Fig. 3(ir. Conical basket of the Klamath Iniiians of Oregon, showing peculiar twined effect ami an 

 open work border — J. 



The conical basket shown in Fig. 307 serves to illustrate the same 

 point. In this case a rudely worked, though effective, border is 

 secured by changing the angle of the upright series near the top and 

 comliining them by plaiting, and in such a way as to leave a border 

 of open work. 



Now the two types of construction, the interlaced and the twined, 

 some primitive phases of which have been reviewed and illustrated, 

 as they are carried forward in fhc tcclinical jiro^rfss of the art. ex- 

 hibit many new IVatui-cs III' (•iiiiihinatioii and rrsiiltant surface char- 

 acter, but the clalHiratinii is in all casi's almiL;- lines jjeculiar to these 

 types of weaving. 



Other types of combination nf web and woof, all tapestry, and all 

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