46 PREHISTORIC TEXTILE ART. 



[ETH. ANN. 13 



fabrics of the simple savage. C-lotlis preserved by contact witli 

 copper implements and ornaments characteristic of the art of the 

 builders of the mounds do not differ in any way from the humble 

 work of the historic peoples. All tell the same story of a simple, 

 primitive culture, hardly advanced beyond the grade separating the 

 savage from the barbarous condition. 



