PLATE VIII. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



Fig. 12. Twined basket of spruce root, made by Haida Indians. This specimen shows 

 better than any of the preceding the method of administration in the 

 twined basketry. 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 sew- 

 ing them flat with one row of twining. Collected by James G. Swan, in 

 Queen Charlotte Archipelago, in 1883. Museum number, 88964. 



Fig. 13. One square inch of Fig. 12 taken near the top, so as to show the close and 

 the open weaving. The method of twine weaving is perfectly shown in 

 this figure. 



