. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 414 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. HAIDA BASKETKY The Haida Indians live on Queen Charlotte Archipelago and adjacent islands. Their basket work is all in twined weaving and differs from that of the Tlinkits in artistic finish only, owing pro])al)ly to the demands of trade. Their wallets of spruce are devoid of decoration, save here and there a band in plain black color, as would be the Tlinkit without em- broidery; but hats made by these
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 414 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. HAIDA BASKETKY The Haida Indians live on Queen Charlotte Archipelago and adjacent islands. Their basket work is all in twined weaving and differs from that of the Tlinkits in artistic finish only, owing pro])al)ly to the demands of trade. Their wallets of spruce are devoid of decoration, save here and there a band in plain black color, as would be the Tlinkit without em- broidery; but hats made by these Indians are mas- terpieces in execution and ornamental weaving. The crown is in three strand or plain twined weaving of the most delicate work- manship, and the fabric is perfectly water-tight when thoroughly wet. Ornamentation is intro- duced into the brims b}'^ a series of diamond pat. terns in twilled weave covering the whole sur- face. This decoration is produced thus: Beginning at a certain point, the weaver includes two warp strands in a half twist instead of one; then makes two regular twists around single Avarp strands. The next time she weaves around she repeats the process, but her double stitch is one warp stem in advance of or behind its predecessor. A twilled effect of any shape may be thus produced, and rhombs, triangulated fillets, and chevrons made to appear on either surface. (See figs. 143 and l-tl.) The fastening off of the work is done either by bending down the free ends of the warp and shoving them out of sight under the stitches of the twisted web or a braid of four strands forms the last row, set on so that the braid shows outside and only one strand at a time shows inside. The ends of the warp splints are then cropped close to the Fig. 145. twined openwork basket. Haida Indians. Cat. No. 88!lfi4, Collected by James (J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for r
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