. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGINAL AMEEICAN BASKETRY. 415 Special attention slioiild l)e paid to the fact that the oruamentation on these hats is painted and not woven. (Sec tig-. 143.) Not far awa}^ on the mainland, the same motives appear on l)lankets, woven into the texture. Fig-s. 143 and 144 show the head, wing-s, feet, and tail of the duck, laid on in black and riMl in the conventional manner of ornamentation in vogue among the Haidas and used in the reprodu
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGINAL AMEEICAN BASKETRY. 415 Special attention slioiild l)e paid to the fact that the oruamentation on these hats is painted and not woven. (Sec tig-. 143.) Not far awa}^ on the mainland, the same motives appear on l)lankets, woven into the texture. Fig-s. 143 and 144 show the head, wing-s, feet, and tail of the duck, laid on in black and riMl in the conventional manner of ornamentation in vogue among the Haidas and used in the reproduction of their various totems on all of their houses, wood and slate carvings, and the ornamentation of their ; Shells, l)eads, and feathers are often sewed on in profusion. Catalogue No. 88064, collected by J. G. Swan, is a twined openwork bas- ket of spruce root made l)y the Haida Indians. This piece of coarse work- manship shows both phases—the open and the close weave in rough inner splints. The handle is a twine of the same material fastened into the weaving while it is in progress. The border is effected by bending down the warp ele- ments at the rim externally and sewing them in place with a row of twined weaving. A square inch of this specimen taken near the top, where the open work and the close work come together, is shown. (See ligs. , 140.) Fig. 14T shows an uniinished llaida cylindrical basket. In order to explain the process of manufacture, the bottom is in plain twined weaving; at the ])order where this joins the cylindrical side is a row of three strand; and four rows of plain twined weaving of the ])ody come next, the uniinished portion exhibiting the warp as it appears before UNFINISHED BASKET. Haida Indians. CoUecteil by James G. Swan, " A very interesting instance of survival is to be seen in the rag carpets of these Indians. The missionaries have taught the women to save up their rags and to cover their floors wi
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