COLLECTORS OF AMERICAN BASKETRY^ MASOK. [8] 



Excellent variety is produced in this kind of weaving b}' means of 

 color. Almost any textile plant, when split, has two colors, that of 

 the outer or bark surface and that of the interior wood}^ surface 

 or pith. Also the different plants used in diagonal basketry have 

 great variety of color. By the skillful manipulation of the two sides 

 of a splint, by using plants of different species, or with dyed elements, 

 geometric patterns, frets, labyrinths, and other designs in straight 

 line are possible (fig. 9). Examples from the saltpeter caves and 

 modern pieces from the Cherokee, both in matting and basketry, are 



Fig. 9. ^ 



diagonai, weaving of the cherokee. 



Kept. U.S.N.M., 1884. pi. 63, fig. 89. 



double. B}^ this means both the inside and the outside of the texture 

 expose the gloss}^ siliceous surface of the cane. 



C. Wickerwork. — Common in eastern Canada, it is little known on 

 the Pacific coast and in the Interior Basin, excepting in one or two 

 pueblos, but is seen abundantly in southern Mexico and Central Amer- 

 ica. It consists of a wide or a thick and inflexible warp, and a slender 

 flexible weft (fig. 10). 



The weaving is plain and differs from checkerwork only in the fact 

 that one of the elements is rig-id. The effect on the surface is a series 



