BOLUE6] 



STYLES OF WEAVING. 



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Tvbich is attached below the abdomen; there is also another band above the abdo- 

 men which meets the first at the back ; between the two the body is covered in front 

 by a network which is held there by the bands, and at the back there are merely 

 two large cords, each having a tassel.' 



Of equal iuterest to the preceding is the badly frayed bag shown in 

 plate V. It is 20 inches iu length and 13 inches in clepth. The style 



Fig. 7. — Former co-stumes of woman and girl in Louisiana (after Du Pratz). 



of weaving is the same as that of the two preceding examples; a pecu- 

 liar open effect is produced by the rotting out of certain strands of dart 

 color, which were arranged in pairs alternating with eight lighter 

 threads. The construction of the border or rim of this bag is quite 

 remarkable. As showu iu figure 8, the upper ends of the vertical 



' Histoire de la Louisiane, Du Pratz. Paris, 1758, vol. ii, p. 193. 

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