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parallel elements consist of fourteen pairs of very fine strings; each 
pair twines about the successive crossings of the “binder.” The two 
outer pairs of elements on each edge are yellow (apocynum?) ; each 
of the ten inner pairs is made up of one yellow and one black (human 
hair) string. As the two elements (of a single pair) twine about 
each other and about the “binder,” there are, of course, successive 
emergences (on the surface) of the two strings, yellow, black, yel- 
low, black, etc. The strands are so arranged as to work these alter- 
nating emergences into the decoration shown in figure 82. 
Four anp Freatuer Ciora 
As was stated in the section on Dress, we have no complete gar- 
ments of either fur or feather cloth, but from the cists in Cave I a 
great enough number of fragments and strings was recovered to en- 
able us to judge of the quality of the cloth and to learn that there 
are important differences between it and the corresponding Cliff- 
Fig. 83.—Detail of feather string. 
dweller fabrics. Of the latter, fully nine-tenths of the specimens 
are made of feather string (i. e., yucca cord wound with feathers) ; 
of the Basket Maker specimens, on the other hand, at least as large, 
if not a larger percentage is woven of fur string. Furthermore, 
Cliff-dweller feather string is practically always wound with the 
stripped pile from the large wing and tail feathers of the turkey; 
while the few Basket Maker examples which do occur are wound, 
not with stripped or whole individual turkey feathers, but with nar- 
row strips of the skins of small birds with the downy feathers upon 
them.' Two methods of attaching these little strips are shown in 
figure 83. <A still further difference between the two classes is that 
while feather string was generally used by the Cliff-dwellers to form 
the body of their fabrics, the Basket Makers employed it generally, 
if not always, for ornamental edgings, tassels, bands, or lashings for 
cradles, and wove the body of their cloth from fur string. 
1More rarely with tufts of feathers caught between the twists of the cord after the 
manner of “ fluff string.” 
