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at the same time are so very generally embellished with designs in 

 color ; besides, they are probably among the most simple and primitive 

 textile products known. I liave already shown tliat several ty2:)es of 

 combination when closely impacted produce very similar sui-face cliar- 

 acters and encourage the same general style of decoi'ation. In nearly 

 all, the color features are confined to one series of fillets — those of the 

 woof — the other, the warp, being comijletely liidden from view. In 

 the preceding series the warp and Avoof were almost equally concerned 

 in the expression of design. Here but one is used, and in consequence 

 there is miich freedom of exjiression, as the artist carries the colored 

 filaments back and forth or inserts new ones at will. Still it will 

 be seen that in doing this he is by no means free ; he must follow the 

 straight and narrow pathway laid down by the warp and wof)f. and. do 

 what he may, he arrives at purely geometric results. 



I will now present the examples, which for the sake of uniformity 

 are in all cases of the coiled ware. If a basket is made with no other 

 idea than that of use the surface is apt to be pretty uniform in color, 

 the natural color of the woof fillets. If decoration is desired a col- 



Fio. 31!l. Base of coiled basket sbun 

 coil is composed of untwisted fibei a 

 The woof or binding filamaiit, as it it, c 



Ltliud ut building bj dual coiling. The base or i 

 formed by adding to the free end as the coiling goe 

 , lb caught mto the upper surface of the preceding tun 



ored fillet is introduced, which, for the time, takes the place and does 

 the duty of the ordinary strand. Fig. 310 serves to show the con- 

 struction and surface appearance of the base of a coil made vessel 

 still quite free from any color decoration. Now, if it is desired to 

 begin a desi.iiu. the p^^m am ippmo thiead is dropped and a colored 



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