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FABRICS FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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ward. For tbe sake of clearness I have drawn but one pair of the warp 

 threads. 



Fig-. 70 illustrates a characteristic example of this class obtained from 

 a fragment of pottery from the great mound at Sevierville, Tenn. 



The impression is quite perfect. The cords are somewhat uneven, 

 and seem to have been only moderately well twisted. They were prob- 

 ably made of some vegetable fiber. It will be observed that the threads 

 of the woof are placed at regular intervals, while those of the web are 

 irregularly placed. It is interesting to notice that in one case the warp 

 has not been doubled, the single thread having, as a consequence, ex- 

 actly the same relation to the opposing series as corresponding threads 



Fig. 77.— From ancient pottery, Georgia. 



Fig. 78. — From ancient pottery, Tennessee. 



in the first form of fabric presented. The impression, of which this is 

 only a part, indicates that the cloth was considerably distorted when 

 applied to the soft clay. The slipping of one of the woof threads is well 

 shown in the upper part of the figure. 



The fabric shown in Fig. 77 has been impressed upon an earthen ves- 

 sel from Macon, Ga. It has been very well and neatly formed, and all 

 the details of fiber, twist, and combination can be made out. 



The example given in Fig. 78 differs from the preceding in the spac- 

 ing and pairing of the warp cords. It was obtained from a fragment 

 of ancient pottery recently collected at Keel Foot Lake, Tennessee. 



