216 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
also some fabrics which had been wrapped about buried utensils, or 
ornaments of copper remained without serious decay. Charring has 
also been a means of preserving cloth, and much has been learned of 
the weaving done by ancient workers through impressions upon pottery 
which had been made by applying the texture while the clay was still 
soft. The weaving appliances were simple, but the results in plain and 
figured fabrics, in tapestry, in lace-like embroideries, and in feather- 
work are admirable. 
Fig. 161.—Haida basketry hat. 
This subject is discussed by Mr. W. H. Holmes in his paper, A Study 
of the Textile Art, ete., in the Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of 
Ethnology, in a manner so comprehensive as to embrace the field of 
pictography in its relation to woven articles. 
Several examples of this application also appear in the present work. 
See Figs. 821, 976 and 1167. In addition the following are now pre- 
sented. 
