. How to make Indian and other baskets . is possible to make the following nine varietiesof coiled basketry, matting, or bagging: A. Coiled work without foundation. B. Simple interlocking coils. C. Single-rod foundation. D. Double-stem coil, two rod foundation. E. Packing inclosed, rod and welt foundation. F. Packing inclosed, two rod and splint foundation. G. One rod inclosed, three-rod Splint foundation. I. Grass-coil foundation. K. Fuegian coiled basketry. These will now be taken up systematically and illustrated (fig. 76). HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. A. COILED WORK
. How to make Indian and other baskets . is possible to make the following nine varietiesof coiled basketry, matting, or bagging: A. Coiled work without foundation. B. Simple interlocking coils. C. Single-rod foundation. D. Double-stem coil, two rod foundation. E. Packing inclosed, rod and welt foundation. F. Packing inclosed, two rod and splint foundation. G. One rod inclosed, three-rod Splint foundation. I. Grass-coil foundation. K. Fuegian coiled basketry. These will now be taken up systematically and illustrated (fig. 76). HOW TO MAKE INDIAN AND OTHER BASKETS. A. COILED WORK WITHOUT FOUNDATION.—Speci-mens of this class have been already mentioned. The sewing materialis babiche or fine rawhide thong in the cold north, or string of somesort farther south. In the Mackenzie Basin will be found the former,and in the tropical and subtropical areas the latter. If a plain, spiralspring be coiled or hooked into one underneath, the simplest form ofthe open coiled work will result. An improvement of this is effected. FJG. 77. DETAIL OFINTERLOCKING STITCHES.
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