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FABRICS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 



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The open character of the web iu this specimen assists very much in 

 explaining the structure of tightly- woven examples such as that shown 

 in Fig. 85, iu which the cross cords are so closely placed that the broad 

 bands of the opposing series are completely hidden. 



I have made the drawing to show fillets of fiber appearing at the 

 ends. These do not appear in the impression. It is highly probable 

 however, that these fillets are plaited bands, as in the preceding exam- 

 ple. They are wide and flat, giving somewhat the effect of basket-work 

 of splints or of rushes. This specimen was obtained iu Carter County, 

 Tennessee. 



We have a few pieces of this variety of fabric which have been 



Fig. SO.— Fabric from a copper celt, Iowa. 



preserved by contact with the salts of copper. Professor Farquhar- 

 son describes an example from a mound on the banks of the Missis- 

 sippi River, near the city of Davenport. It had been wrapped about 

 a copper implement resembling a celt, and was at the time of its re- 

 covery in a very perfect state of preservation. In describing this cloth 

 Mr. Farquharson says that " the warp is composed of four cords, that 

 is, of two double and twisted cords, and the woof of one such doubled 

 and twisted cord which passes between the two parts of the warp; the 

 latter being twisted at each chauge, allowing the cords to be brought 

 close together so as to cover the woof almost entirely." His illustration 



