. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 432 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. ihm kind of weaving. The wliole surface of it is covered with the imbrication or a knife plaiting-, explained on p. 427, and illustrated in figs. 52-54. Catalogue No. 2614, U. S. National Museum, shown in Plate 45, is an imbricated basket made by an Indian of Salishan family, in Wash- ington. It is one of the oldest specimens in the National Museum, having been ])rought home by Captain C'harles AVilkes m
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 432 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. ihm kind of weaving. The wliole surface of it is covered with the imbrication or a knife plaiting-, explained on p. 427, and illustrated in figs. 52-54. Catalogue No. 2614, U. S. National Museum, shown in Plate 45, is an imbricated basket made by an Indian of Salishan family, in Wash- ington. It is one of the oldest specimens in the National Museum, having been ])rought home by Captain C'harles AVilkes more than sixty years ago. The material of the foiuidation and sewing is of cedar root. The surface is covered entirely with imt)ricated ornamentation, the body color l)eing produced by strips of squaw grass. The figures are in cedar bark in natural color and dyed black by means of charcoal and mud. The golden color in the straw filaments is produced by longer innnersion in water. The most interesting feature in this basket is the bottom, which is formed upon a strip of wood three- foui'ths of an inch wide and 6 inches in length. It is very closel}^ wrapped or served with a splint of root. Upon the margin of this the coiled work begins, one round being made in plain stitches. Af- terwards the patterns are attached immediately to this and extend out- ward to a black line on the margin, th(^ body of the l)asket being com- pletely covered with other figures, the ends dift'erent from the sides. The border is neatly finished ott' in false braid. There are about eight rows of coiled work and from twelve to sixteen stitches to the inch. On the outsid(> the stitches are regularly split or furcated. Length, 8 inches; depth, 4^ inches. Fig. 158 represents a specimen of twilled work by the ('lallam Indians and should be compared with Niitka example, Plato 152. It is made of fiat splints of white wood, resembling l)irch. The V)ottom was woven first and all of the splints ])y ])oing hent
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