234 TKXTII.K M!T IN KKl.ATKiS I 



part of a spirally radiating l)aii.l ( if d 

 advantage in the small cut, Fi^. •'+" 

 struction. The design is woi-ked i 

 (jniet and i-ich. 



FORM AXn OKXAMKXT. 



anient, which is shown to good 

 It is of the coiled style of con- 

 four colors and the effect is 



Fic. 'MO. Ba,sket miiJf 



Turinng- soutlnvai'd from California and passing through many 

 strange lands \vi' find ourselves in Peru, and among a class of remains 

 thatbespcaka hi;;li grade of culture. The inhabitants of Ancon were 

 wonderfully skilled in the textile art, and thousands of handsome 

 exam[)les have been obtained from their ancient tombs. Among 

 these relics are many neat little workbaskets woven from rushes. 

 One of these, now in the National Museum, is encircled by a decorated 

 T)elt in which are represented seven human figures woven in black 

 tilamcnts upon a brown ground. 



Tlic base and rim of the basket are woven in the intertwined com- 

 bination, but in the decorated belt the style is changed to the ])lain 



