COLLECTOKS OF AMEEICAN BASKETRY MASON. 



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of rods, (/>) a horizontal warp crossing these at right angles, and (c, d) 

 a regular plain twined weaving of two elements, holding the warps 

 firml}^ together (fig. 23). 



In all the examples in the U. S. National Museum the horizontal or 



extra warp is on the exterior of 

 the basket. On the outside the 

 tee basket does not resemble the 

 ordinary twined work, but on 

 the inside it is indistinguishable. 

 Baskets made in this fashion are 

 very rigid and strong, and fre- 

 quently the hoppers of mills for 

 grinding acorns, and also water- 

 tight jars, are thus constructed. 

 The ornamentation is confined to 

 narrow bands, the weaver being 

 greatly restricted by the technic. 

 5. Three-ply twinedweavirig . — 

 Three-pl}'^ twined weaving is the use of three weft splints and other 

 kinds of weft elements instead of two, and there are four ways of 

 administering the weft: 



a. Three-ply twine, 



h. Three-ply braid. 



c. Three-ply, false embroidery, Tlinkit. 



d. Frapped, Skohomisli. 



{a) Tliree-ply twine (figs. 24 and 25). — In this technic the basket- 



FlG. 23. 



TEE LATTICE OR TWINED WEAVING 



Of the Porno Indians, California. 

 II. Anthropologist, new ser. 3. 1901, flg. 22. 



Fig. 24. 



three ply braid and twined work, outside. 



Am. Anthropologist, new ser. 3, lilOl. fig. 23. 



Fig. 25. 

 three-fly braid and twined work, inside. 



Am. Anthropologist, new ser. 3, 1901, flg. 24. 



weaver holds in her hand three weft elements of any of the kinds men- 

 tioned. In twisting these three, each one of the strands, as it passes 

 inward, is carried behind the warp stem adjoining; so that in a whole 

 revolution the three weft elements have in turn passed behind three 

 warp elements. After that the process is repeated. B}^ referring to 

 the lower halves of figs. 24 and 25, the outside and the inside of this 

 technic will be made plain. 



