Archives of aboriginal knowledge Containing all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States . STATE OF INDIAN ART, 437 The process of weaving is described and illustrated as follows, by Lieut. Long, ofthe 2d Regiment of Artillery. Fig. 1 represents the loom of the Pueblo Lidians, used by them for weavingblankets, &c. A a is a beam, or more frequently a joist of the room in which the loomis placed; b h are cords, by which c c is suspended from beam at
Archives of aboriginal knowledge Containing all the original paper laid before Congress respecting the history, antiquities, language, ethnology, pictography, rites, superstitions, and mythology, of the Indian tribes of the United States . STATE OF INDIAN ART, 437 The process of weaving is described and illustrated as follows, by Lieut. Long, ofthe 2d Regiment of Artillery. Fig. 1 represents the loom of the Pueblo Lidians, used by them for weavingblankets, &c. A a is a beam, or more frequently a joist of the room in which the loomis placed; b h are cords, by which c c is suspended from beam at joist a a; c c is a bar,to which the web is attached; d d and d d, are small bars attached to the two branchesof the web; e e is a beam, around which the cloth or blanket is rolled, when rests upon the floor, and is held in its place by being attached by cords to pins g g,driven in the floor for that purpose. Fig. 2 is a slat or narrow board, quite thin, and usually two and a half feet long,by one and a half or two inches wide. Fig. 3 is the shuttle used for passing the yarn,or filling between the branches of the web. The web is so arranged that the branchescross between d d and e e. The operation of weaving is very s
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