Natural history . CARVED KNOB-STICKS FROM MULANDI The collection is rich in basketry and matting. One of the mostremarkable things about this basketry is the great variety of it we find wicker, checker, twill, close twine, open twine, twilled twine,three-ply twine, ti twine, one-rod coil, bifurcated coil, grass coil, opengrass coil, coil without foundation and wrapped weave. Of these,the one-rod coil and open twine are the finest types. The decorationsare in dead black, produced by steeping the material in marsh is of special interest to find the ti weave here, since this has h
Natural history . CARVED KNOB-STICKS FROM MULANDI The collection is rich in basketry and matting. One of the mostremarkable things about this basketry is the great variety of it we find wicker, checker, twill, close twine, open twine, twilled twine,three-ply twine, ti twine, one-rod coil, bifurcated coil, grass coil, opengrass coil, coil without foundation and wrapped weave. Of these,the one-rod coil and open twine are the finest types. The decorationsare in dead black, produced by steeping the material in marsh is of special interest to find the ti weave here, since this has hereto-fore been considered peculiar to the Porno Indians of California. Thecollection contains one large storage basket similar to one shown onpage 81. All such baskets are of the open grass coil type. The designsupon mats and baskets are triangular like those upon pots and wooden
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