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8 warps and 24 pairs of wefts to the square inch. The other piece 
(A-1188, Ruin 1) is so charred that the fibers cannot be identified ; 
they appear, however, to be yucca warp, apocynum weft, or possibly 
apocynum both ways. The fabric is much finer than the Ruin 5 
specimen, but may also have been part of a very high-grade sandal. 
The warps are two-cord, 10 to the inch; there are 40 pairs of weft 
strands, or 80 single strands, to the inch. 
Straps.—In the kiva of Ruin 9 was found a long woven strap or 
headband with a loop at each end (A-1655). It is 19 inches in 
length, 24 inches wide. The weft is cotton cord; 24 to 26 yucca 
strings form the warp. The weft is inserted by twined weaving; a 
twilled or diagonal effect is produced by inclosing two warp strands, 
the order of their inclosure being varied from one series to the next. 
The loops at the ends are made by gathering a number of the warp 
strands into two rolls, which are strengthened and held together by a 
continuous figure 8 weaving of cotton cord (pl. 46, >). Straps 
of this sort have often been found in cliff-dwellings and are usually, 
and probably correctly, called headbands 
or burden straps. Examples are figured 
by Nordenskidld* and Fewkes? from the 
Mesa Verde, and by Cummings? from 
Sagiotsosi. There are also several in the 
Wetherill collection (Mesa Verde) in 
Denver. Nordenskidld’s specimen bears a 
narrower strap of about the same length attached to one of its termi- 
nal loops; the same is true of an example of doubtful location in the 
Field Museum, Chicago. 
Textiles in coiled work without foundation.—This weave, of which 
the stitch is illustrated in figure 45, is not rare. We have one speci- 
men (A-1708, Ruin 9) made of two-strand human-hair string. There 
are about 7 coils to the inch, and in the other direction, about 6 
loops. A specimen from Sagiotsosi (pl. 46, ¢) is coarser; 4 coils, 5 
loops. These hair pieces are so small that their use cannot be ascer- 
tained; Cummings, however, figures a hair bag apparently in this 
technique; * and in the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, there is a 
sandal from the Canyon de Chelly, the “ upper” of which is of hair 
cloth. Of exactly the same weave, but much finer in texture, is the 
remarkable little cap from Ruin 2 (see pl. 34, a). In this speci- 
men the string is probably of apocynum fiber. Near the edge there 
are 9 coils and 5 loops to the inch, the stitches nearer the top are 
deeper and wider spaced. Leggings (see pl. 34, 6) and sandals (see 
pl. 40, a) were also made in this weave; the former are the coarsest 
without foundation. 
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