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TWINED FABRICS. 



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combination of the two series of strands clearly indicates tlie type of 

 fabric, the twisted cords of the woof being placed very far apart. 

 The warp is of braid formed by plaiting- strands of nntwisted fiber, 

 probably bast. All the details are shown in the most satisfactory 

 manner in the clay cast. 



Fig. 23 — Twined fabric from aocient pottery. Carter county. Tenne.s8ee. 



In figure 23 we have a similar fabric closely woven or impacted. 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, 



Fig. 24.— Twined fabric from ancient jiottery. Tennessee. 



that these fillets are plaited bands, as in the preceding example. They 

 are wide and Hat, giving somewhat the effect of basket-work of splints 

 or rnshes. 



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Fig. 25. — Twined fabric from ancient pottery, Tennessee. 



Another variety of the twined fabrics, distingnished by i)eculiarities 

 in the combinations of the threads, is illu.strated in figures 24: and 25. 

 The threads of the warp are arranged in iiairs as in the specimens 



