
AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 
| | Fig. 8. Types of Bead Weaving. 
oa (a) Single weft bead weaving. After the warp 
threads are stretched, a single thread, with needle, is 
|. passed through as shown. 











(b) Double weft bead weaving. In this case the 
thread is passed through the beads simultaneously 
and then laid upon the warp after which the needle 
is passed back through each bead on the other side of 
the warp. 



(c) Double warp. Here the warp is often manipu- 
lated by a heddle as in Fig. 6. The weft thread is 
strung with the correct number of beads and then 
_passed between the warp and the beads properly 
spaced; the whole procedure is as in loom weaving. 










WN NON (d) Weaving with diagonal threads, a form 
XK WOKIRWOW frequently used in long narrow bands. 
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