. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 179.—Top of twilled basket from Bear Creek Cave. a short distance down the side and secured in the body of the rushes and the other passes down the side and secures the braid binding, and to it at intervals are secured the horizontal cords on which the rushes are strung, shown in figure 178 e. The braid is represented at g (fig, 178), and the cord, which is of dasylirion fiber, at / (fig. 178). Kush texture found in the Bear Creek Cave was made by tying the strips together instead of threading them on cord, and when the rush has disappe
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 179.—Top of twilled basket from Bear Creek Cave. a short distance down the side and secured in the body of the rushes and the other passes down the side and secures the braid binding, and to it at intervals are secured the horizontal cords on which the rushes are strung, shown in figure 178 e. The braid is represented at g (fig, 178), and the cord, which is of dasylirion fiber, at / (fig. 178). Kush texture found in the Bear Creek Cave was made by tying the strips together instead of threading them on cord, and when the rush has disappeared through decay, often the cords alone are found and resemble a cord chain which at first proves deceptive as to its real purpose. Mats made by threading rushes with a wooden or bone needle are manufactured by the Winnebago, Chippewa, Qui- naielt, and other northern tribes. Twilled work.—In portions of the Pueblo region it was customary to wrap the dead in matting, and frequently, when the soil was dry, fragments of such mats were discovered by excavation. In some of the caves, however, specimens of diagonal woven mats are very com- mon. The art apparently has not survived in the Pueblo region, but it is known that the Hopi practiced mat weaving up to a few years ago. The baskets from the caves resemble in structure and material those made by the Pueblos at the present time, but the cave specimens are of very fine weaving, better in fact than any hereto- fore found in America and comparable with the best work in Mexico. (Fig. 179, Cat. No. 246160, , Bear Creek Cave.) The first mention of diagonal checker weaving was by Prof. "\V. H. Holmes, who secured specimens from cliff dwellings of Colorado. A rim of a basket (Cat. No. 246160, ), of excellent workmanship, form,* and finish, Avas taken from one of the many offering pits in the floor of the Bear Creek Cave. It is twilled of dasylirion leaves or the leaves of a yucca, the strips smooth and of unifor
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