. Bulletin. Ethnology. 42 BUEEAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 91 enlarging mouth, the reduction in the number of rows being pro- portionate with the increased size of the quadrilaterals. Another noteworthy feature of the construction—with the object of cover- ing over the increased area consequent on the semiglobular shape of the base—is the insertion of extra warp strands (fig. 40, ewa) around the first spiral: such extra strands being more than double the ewa ewa. we :^wa FiGUEE 40.—Trumpet-shaped basket (pi. 11), showing the original btindle of warp strands |wa) tied by the spiral weft (we)
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 42 BUEEAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 91 enlarging mouth, the reduction in the number of rows being pro- portionate with the increased size of the quadrilaterals. Another noteworthy feature of the construction—with the object of cover- ing over the increased area consequent on the semiglobular shape of the base—is the insertion of extra warp strands (fig. 40, ewa) around the first spiral: such extra strands being more than double the ewa ewa. we :^wa FiGUEE 40.—Trumpet-shaped basket (pi. 11), showing the original btindle of warp strands |wa) tied by the spiral weft (we). The warps at one extremity of the bundle are curved into position into two series of overlapping layers, an outside and inside, and are locked by the commencing spiral of the weft, over which eitra warp strands (ewa) are sharply bent at their middle. (Sec. 416 A) height of the basket and bent at their middle over the spiral, the respective halves forming inside and outside warp strands. Subse- quently, introduced warp strands are inserted in position singly and independent of the weft. (Fig. 41, ewvo). The free extremities of the constituents of the two layers (outside and inside) are bundled and tied in the usual way to form the edging. (Fig. 42, B.). 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. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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