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Wool of various animals (not specifically identifiable) was also 
twisted into cords, but much less commonly so than was human hair. 
Braipep Corps 
Our material on this branch of technology is very scanty, consist- 
ing of a large strap of raw yucca leaves that bears evidence of use 
as a carrying strap (A-2167); a similar straplike object of raw 
yucca leaves with a bit of human hair string attached to one end 
(A-2472, Cave I); and an 8-inch length of flat-braided yucca fiber 
about half the thickness of a lead pencil (A-2176, Cave I). 
Fing-Corp Trex tite Fasrics 
No cotton cloth was found, nor was there observed any trace of 
loom weaving in any other fiber. 
Twinep Weravine: Bags.—This technique was used in the manu- 
facture of sandals (described above) and of bags. The latter, rang- 
ing in size from tiny specimens 14 inches long to large flexible sacks 
2 feet or more deep and 18 inches in diameter, are highly charac- 
teristic of the Basket Maker culture; we hav e found no trace of them 
in the Cliff-dwellings. 
From the smallest examples (pl. 79, 6) to the largest (of which 
we have only fragments, see pl. 79, 7), all are made in the same 
way over warps of yucca or apocynum (?) which vary in number 
according to the size of the bag. These warps radiate from the 
bottom, new ones being introduced between the original ones as the 
body flares, and being dropped out again toward the neck to allow 
for the necessary constriction. The weft is of fine apocynum (7?) 
string of a yellowish color, the paired strands running round the 
bag, beginning at the bottom. Decoration consists of horizontal 
bands in red, black, and the natural shade. The texture of the bands 
is varied by changing the color of one or both of the paired elements 
and thus producing a number of stepped, offset, and recurring ob- 
lique patterns (pl..79, 7). As was the case with the twined sandals, 
lack of material suitable for dissection prevents at this time an ade- 
quate study of weaves and decorations. It may be noted, however, 
that in the large specimen figured, there are about 10 warps and 17 
pairs of wefts to the square inch of fabric. 
The range in size of these bags indicates a wide variety of uses. 
A number of small ones from the cists in Cave I were found empty, 
and may have been despoiled of their former contents by the looters, 
or simply buried as offerings. 'The medium-sized one shown in plate 
79, a, held corn meal and a substance resembling dried fruit.. The 
large bags, some of the fragments of which appear to have been cut 
