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THE PIMA INDIANS 



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and extend in a direction oblique to the sides of the mat. At a 

 distance of about 7 cm. from the margjin of both sides and ends the 

 warp and weft splints are woven separately to form a double border, 

 which is held together by single splints occurring at mtervals of 

 about 15 cm. 



TEXTILES 



Spinning 



The Pimas no lon<jer spin and weave ; the art is djang with the pass- 

 ing of the older generation. It was with difiicuitv that enough raw 



2. Md.lrl of loom 



cotton of Pima raising was secured to make the beginning of a piece 

 of cloth on the small model loom shown m figure 72. This loom was 

 made by the writer's old friend Ka'nud tkak, who, though an adept m 

 weaving, could not spin and had to engage a woman to do that por- 

 tion of the work. She removed the seeds by iirst spreading out the 

 cotton and Ideating it with a switch. 



Ka'mal tkak succeeded in finishing the spinnmg (see spindle, fig. 

 73) before the writer had an opportunity to witness the process. 

 However, it has been well described by others." 



a Lieutenant Emory thus describes the manner in which it was done in 1846: "A woman was 

 seated on the ground under the shade of the cotton sheds [arbors on which the cotton was spread to 

 dry]. Her left leg was tucked under her seat and her foot turned sole upwards. Between her big toe and 



