The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . He also saw handker-chiefs of fine cloth very symmetrically woven and workedin colors. Under date of October 16, he speaks of seeing, onthe Island of Fernandina, cotton cloth made into again under date of October 16 of cotton, Colum-bus says of the natives, Their beds and bags for holdingthings are like nets made of cotton. Here Columbus saysthey saw married women wearing breeches made ofcotton, but the girls do not, except some who have reached
The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed . He also saw handker-chiefs of fine cloth very symmetrically woven and workedin colors. Under date of October 16, he speaks of seeing, onthe Island of Fernandina, cotton cloth made into again under date of October 16 of cotton, Colum-bus says of the natives, Their beds and bags for holdingthings are like nets made of cotton. Here Columbus saysthey saw married women wearing breeches made ofcotton, but the girls do not, except some who have reachedeighteen. This is especially interesting because it shows that veryearly the American natives, particularly those of the South,not only raised cotton, but wove it into fabrics and garmentsof various kinds. Balls of native cotton spun on distaffsby natives of Guiana, South America, and similar to thosespoken of by Columbus, are to be seen in the museum atGeorgetown, Demerara. Magellan found the natives of Brazil using cotton lintfor making beds in 1519 when he circumnavigated theglobe. Emperor Charles V. received from Hernando. FABRICS WOVEN BY THE BAKUBA TRIBE, AFRICA (From the Boston Museum of Fine Arts) Specimens of fabrics woven by the Bakuba tribe of the Congo Riversection. Both show no evidence of contact with civihzation. The pinkgrass cloth is of a plain weave. The black and white design, also of grass,has a pile like velvet. The plain piece is made from grass cloth, especially for chiefs. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 41 Cortez cotton goods of different kinds from Mexico at thetime of Cortezs conquest. They comprised cotton mantles,white, black and white, red, green, yellow, and blue; waist-coats, handkerchiefs, counterpanes, tapestries, and car-pets of cotton, some of the colors of which were extremelyfine. In fact, cotton was in use among the Algonquins, forChamplain says that the Indians whom he encountered atLake Champlain July 2, 1609, wore arrow-proof doubletsmade of stri
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