238 TEXTILE ART IN RELATION TO FORM AND ORNAMENT. 



of tliis almost universally iiracticcd art upon the wIkjIb l)0(ly of deco- 

 rative design. 



That the rauge of results produced by varying styles of weaving 

 and of woven objects may be ajJiJreciated, I jjresent some additional 

 exam2)les. Coiled wares, for instance, present decorative iilien(jmena 

 strikingly at variance with those iu which there is a rectangular 

 disposition of parts. Instead of the two or more interlacing series, 

 of parallel fillets exhibited in the latter style, we have one radiate 

 and one concentric series. The effect of this arrangement upon the 



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introduced human figure is very stiiking, as m ill be seen by reference 

 to Fig 344, which represents a lai^e tiav ol)tained from the Moki 

 Indians Thefi^un ]n<ibibl\ 1 1 pi ( m nis nm of the mythologic per- 

 sonages ot tilt "\1 I I I iiitlii HI 1 s 111 till 1 w ise important priestly 

 functionan \\i iiin., tin i li ii KtttistK In idilress of the ceremony 

 in which the jilaque a\ as to be used The \\ oik is executed in wicker, 

 stained m such bright tints as weie consideied appropriate to the 

 various teatuies of the (fistume Reteiimg m detail to the shape 

 and an angeinent of the jiaits ot th< hi;uiL it is apparent that many 



