. Bulletin. Ethnology. Fig. 19. Primitive flrc-stick. Fig. 20. Wooden needle. FABRICS The 3'^ucca plant, which grows wild in the canyons and level places of the Mesa Verde, furnishes a tough fiber which the j^rehistoric people of Spruce-tree House used in the manufacture of various fabrics. Small packages of this fiber and cords made of the same material were found in the refuse- heap and in the houses; these were apparently ob- tained by heating and chewing the leaves, after which the fiber was drawn out into cords or braided into strings. A braided cord was also found attached to the handles
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Fig. 19. Primitive flrc-stick. Fig. 20. Wooden needle. FABRICS The 3'^ucca plant, which grows wild in the canyons and level places of the Mesa Verde, furnishes a tough fiber which the j^rehistoric people of Spruce-tree House used in the manufacture of various fabrics. Small packages of this fiber and cords made of the same material were found in the refuse- heap and in the houses; these were apparently ob- tained by heating and chewing the leaves, after which the fiber was drawn out into cords or braided into strings. A braided cord was also found attached to the handles of jars, and this fiber was a favorite one in mending pottery. It was almost universally employed in weaving cloth netting and other fabrics,. Fig. 21. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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