. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 422 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. bottom and are in the same type of weaving. By an endless variety of real and proportional width of warp and weft and by col- oring some of the strips an indefinite number of patterns may be produced. (See fig. ISi.) In many cedar-bark receptacles of this region the two sets of fila- ments—warp and weft—run diagonall} ; that is, they are not woven as in a loom, but the maker begins at the corner.
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 422 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. bottom and are in the same type of weaving. By an endless variety of real and proportional width of warp and weft and by col- oring some of the strips an indefinite number of patterns may be produced. (See fig. ISi.) In many cedar-bark receptacles of this region the two sets of fila- ments—warp and weft—run diagonall} ; that is, they are not woven as in a loom, but the maker begins at the corner. Looked at verti- cally, the surface has a diamond rather than a checker appearance, but from the point of view of the maker the intersections are square. Again, but much more rareh', three sets of filaments are involved, two belonging to the warp and the other one to the weft. The warp elements cross at right angles or less, and the weft element runs across through the intersections, making a series of rhombs. This same technic is ahnost universal in Fjg. 154. checkerwork basket. Bilhula Indians, British Columbia. Collected bv James (i. Swan. In addition to the oblique method of weaving the checker patterns in cedar ])ark, occasional diagonally or twilled weaving is to ]>e seen in the same area. A large collection of these were gathered l)y James CI. Swan along the coast of r>ritish Cohnnbia, and are now for examination in the U. S. National Museum. Ornamentation in bark work is effected both ])y introducing different colored strands and 1)y varying the width of the warp and the woof threads. In many exanq^les the bottom of the basket is bordered and outlined with one or more rows of the twined or plaited style of weav- ing to give greater stabilit}^ and definition to the form. Cedar mats of large size and made with the greatest care enter as extensivel}" into the daily life of the Indians of this vicinit}^ as do the buffalo robes into that of the Dakota
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