EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXVII, 



General Type of Haida and Tlingit Open-work Twined Basketry. 



From Smithsonian Report, 1884, Part II, Plate VIII. 



Fig. 190. The method of open twined weaving is shown in Fig. b. Spruce-root is 

 used ill this type in the nortli, but cedar-bark replaces it in the south. 

 The handle is a twine of spruce-root fastened on by weaving in and out 

 on the side, the lower end knotted. The fastening off at the rim is 

 done by bending down the warp threads externally and sewing them 

 flat with one vow of twining. Cat. No. 88964, U. S. N. M. Haida In- 

 dians, Queen Cliarlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected by James 

 G. Swan. 



