. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENS more] CHIPPEWA CUSTOMS 193 If the work is done in a house, the lower edge of the bead frame rests on a table and the upper end is suspended from, the ceiling by a cord. The worker has her box of beads beside her, the beads being in bunches as purchased from the trader. She places a few beads of each desired color in a saucer or shallow dish, from which she. Fig. 27. -a. Conventional design for shoulder bag; 6, design for shoul- der strap of bag picks up one bead after another with her needle. The colors are not separated in the dish, but the worker rapidly selects t
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENS more] CHIPPEWA CUSTOMS 193 If the work is done in a house, the lower edge of the bead frame rests on a table and the upper end is suspended from, the ceiling by a cord. The worker has her box of beads beside her, the beads being in bunches as purchased from the trader. She places a few beads of each desired color in a saucer or shallow dish, from which she. Fig. 27. -a. Conventional design for shoulder bag; 6, design for shoul- der strap of bag picks up one bead after another with her needle. The colors are not separated in the dish, but the worker rapidly selects the number of each color in sequence corresponding to the design she wishes to weave. As already indicated, the number of warp threads is accord- ing to the width of the band to be woven. A neck chain is usually about five to seven beads in width and requires one more than that number of warp threads. A headband is about an inch wide, an. 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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