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devices in the manner in which baskets are twined. 

 A small bag has the ordinary looped and twisted crochet 

 stitch. 



There are many fragments of woven cotton cloth 

 which were without doubt made on some sort of a loom. 

 The most interesting piece is a small robe or kilt found 

 wrapped around a body. The weaving is diagonal, 



Objects of Wood and Bone, a, Arrow; b, Sinew-wrapped End of 

 Bow; c, Flint-pointed Drill; d-e, Firedrill; /, Wooden Awl; g, Bone 

 Awl. 



producing raised patterns which are further accentuated 

 by the use of black, red, and yellow dye. This is 

 probably the finest piece of textile work known from the 

 Southwest. 



The implements used in the preparation of the cotton 

 and in weaving it are well represented. There are 



