ILLUSTRATIONS 



Pago 

 Platk I. Products of the textile art: a, Openwork lisU baskets of Virginia 

 Iiidiaus; 6, Mauuer of weaving: c, Basket strainer; rf, Quiver of 



rushes ; e, Mat of rushes 18 



!I. Mat of split c:ine 28 



III. Mantle or skirt of light-colored stuff 30 



IV. Friuged skirt 32 



\'. Frayed bag aud skcius of hfmi> fiber 34 



VI. Charred cloth from niouuds iu Ohio 36 



VII. Drawings of charred fabric from mounds 38 



VI II. Copper celts with remnants of cloth 40 



IX. Bits of fabric-marked pottery, with clay casts of same. 44 



Fig. 1. Fish weir of the Virginia Indians 14 



2. Use of mats iu an Indian council 19 



3. Use of mat in sleeping 20 



4. Section of cliff showing position of grave shelter 31 



5. Portion of mantle showing mauuer of weaving 32 



(5. Analysis of the-weaving of friuged skirt 32 



7. Former costumes of woman and girl iu Louisiana 33 



8. Border of bag 34 



9. Sandal or moccasin from a Kentucky cave 35 



10. Fine, closely woven cloth jueserved by contact with cojiper beads... 36 



11. .Small portion of rush matting preserved by contact with copper 37 



12. .Split-cane matting from Petite Ause island, Louisiana 38 



13. Fabric-marked vase from a mound iu North Carolina 39 



14. Diagonal fabric, ancient pottery of Tennessee 39 



15. Fabric from the ancient pottery of Alabama 40 



16. Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Tennessee . - 40 



17. Twined fabric from aucieut pottery, Tennessee 40 



18. Twined fabric from ancient salt vessel, Illinois 41 



19. Twined fabric from aucieut salt vessel, Illinois 41 



20. Twined fabric from a piece of clay, Arkansas 42 



21. Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Tennessee 42 



22. Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Missouri 42 



23. Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Carter county, Teuues.see 4H 



24. Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Tennessee 43 



25. Twiued fabric from ancient pottery, Tennessee 43 



26. Twiued fabric, with patterns, Ohio valley 44 



27. Net from ancient pottery, District of Columbia 44 



28. Net from ancient pottery. North Carolina 45 



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