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PREHISTORIC TEXTILE ART. 



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form, obtained from a small fragment of pottery found in Polk county, 

 Tennessee, is sliown in figure 16. Two series of threads are interwoven 

 at right angles, the warp being arranged in pairs and the woof singly. 



Fig. 15.— Fabric from the ancient pottery of Alabama. 



At each intersection the pairs of warp threads are twisted half around 

 upon themselves, inclosing the woof threads and holding them quite 



Flo. 16 — Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Tennessee. 



firmly, so that the open net-like effect is well preserved even under 

 strain or in long continued use. There are many varieties of this form 



Fin. 17.— Twined fabric from ancient pottery. Tennessee. 



of fabric resulting from differences in size and spacing of the threads. 

 These differences are well brought out in the succeeding figures. 



In figure 17 we have a characteristic example of this fabric, obtained 

 from a fragment of pottery from a mound at Sevierville, Tennessee. 



