. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . d in inodcliiig vessels. About one-half actual size. HOLMES] FSE OF TEXTILES IN MANUFACTURE 71 markings observed. On fragments of imperfectlj- preserved vesselsdistinctions can not readily be drawn between disconnected impressions made by the partial application of pliable fabrics or textile-covered stamps and the systematically connected imprintings made bythe surface of a basket. The unwary are likely even to mistake therude patterns made by impressing bits of cords in geometric arrange-ment
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . d in inodcliiig vessels. About one-half actual size. HOLMES] FSE OF TEXTILES IN MANUFACTURE 71 markings observed. On fragments of imperfectlj- preserved vesselsdistinctions can not readily be drawn between disconnected impressions made by the partial application of pliable fabrics or textile-covered stamps and the systematically connected imprintings made bythe surface of a basket. The unwary are likely even to mistake therude patterns made by impressing bits of cords in geometric arrange-ment about the rims of vases for the imprints of baskets. Use oe Pliable Fabrics in Modeling Pliable fabrics, such as sacks, nets, and cloth, were made use of asexterior supports in holding or handling the vessel while it was stillin a plastic condition. Mr Mooney says that the Cherokees use a ragto lift the pot at one stage in its manufacture, and it is easy to seethat cloths or nets wrapped about the exterior surface of the plasticwalls would serve to prevent quick drying and consequent cracking of. Fig. 35—Fragment of a cooking pot showing impressions of a net-coveretl paddle, North three-fourthiii actual size. the cla} along a weak line. Binding up with cloths would inter-fere with the deforming tendency of pressure during the modelingprocess and of sinking from weight of the plastic walls. Mr Sellers,a verj^ acute ol)server, believed that the modeling of certain large saltbasins was done on coie-like molds of clay. In such a case, or where,as observed by Hunter, blocks of wood were used, the cloth wouldserve an important purpose in facilitating the removal of the plastic orpartly dried clay shell and in supporting it during subsequent stagesof the shaping and finishing processes. Such removal would probablybe accomplished b}* turning the mold, with the vase upon it, upsidedown, and allowing the latter to fall off into the fabric by its ownweight or by
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