Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ment obtained in the Ohio valley, indicates a more ambi-tious attempt at embellishment. The fabric was evidently of ornatedesign and the execution excellent. Plate IX is intended to convey a clear notion of the nature andappearance of fabric-marked pottery and of the manner of securingpositive impressions in clay. Three bits of pottery from Illinois areplaced at the left, and the three casts appear at the right. All illus-trate open fabrics of comparatively simple pattern done in the charac-teristic t
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ment obtained in the Ohio valley, indicates a more ambi-tious attempt at embellishment. The fabric was evidently of ornatedesign and the execution excellent. Plate IX is intended to convey a clear notion of the nature andappearance of fabric-marked pottery and of the manner of securingpositive impressions in clay. Three bits of pottery from Illinois areplaced at the left, and the three casts appear at the right. All illus-trate open fabrics of comparatively simple pattern done in the charac-teristic twined style. Nets were in use by the Indians of Florida and Virginia at the timeof the discovery, and the ancient pottery of the Atlantic states haspreserved impressions of innumerable specimeus. The piece shown infigure 27 is from a small fragment of pottery picked up in the Districtof Columbia. The impression is so perfect that the twist of the cordand the form of the knot may be seen with ease. Most of the examplesfrom this locality are of much finer cord and have a less open mesh than. Flu. 28.—Net from ancient pottery, North (Carolina. the specimen illustrated. The net illustrated in figure 28 is from aspecimen of North Carolina pottery. Netting of this class was stillin use among the natives of the Chesapeake region when the Englishcolonies* were founded. The lesson of the prehistoric textile art of eastern United Statesis simple and easily read, and goes far to round out the story of nativeoccupation and culture. Colonial records furnish definite knowledgeof the woven fabrics and weaving of the nations first encountered bythe whites. Graves, mounds, and caves give us an insight into thepre-Columbian status of the ait. and evidence, furnished by associatedindustries which happen to echo features of the textile art contributeto our information. Charred clot lis from the greal mounds areidentical in material, combination of parts, and texture with the 46 PREHISTORIC TEXTI
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