. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. DKTAIL (IF TWILLED ]!ASKETKY liOKDEU. ChiK'tiiw Indians, Lotiisiana. Cat. No. ('olN-oti-d Fatlu-r 't. interminable cane ])rak(^s, juk make their l)asketry. Tliey follow the twilled pattern of weaviiio-. Even now there may ])o purchased in Mobile, New Orleans, and other Southern cities little baskets of yellow, red, black, and o-reen cane woven in twill, crossing' with the woof two or more warp splints, and manag-inu
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. DKTAIL (IF TWILLED ]!ASKETKY liOKDEU. ChiK'tiiw Indians, Lotiisiana. Cat. No. ('olN-oti-d Fatlu-r 't. interminable cane ])rak(^s, juk make their l)asketry. Tliey follow the twilled pattern of weaviiio-. Even now there may ])o purchased in Mobile, New Orleans, and other Southern cities little baskets of yellow, red, black, and o-reen cane woven in twill, crossing' with the woof two or more warp splints, and manag-inu- the checks so as to pr tlun strips is to have l)otli sides of the bas- ket or mat glossy and smooth. Further on it will be noted that in twined weaving, where the strands of the weft are from split roots, both sides are ren- dered smooth l)y revolving each strand half a turn as it passes through between the warp stems. (See p. -i(><i.) Figs. 123 and li^-i show the detail of twilled l)asketr3' among- the Southern tribes, both in the coarser and finer varieties. In tig-. li!3, lumiber of weft strands; the consequence is a nearly horizontal diagonal effect in the pattern. To form the l)order a few of the warp filaments are. Fig. V24. BORDER OF TWILLED BASKETRY. Choctaw Indianx, Cat. No. !, Collected by Father Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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