. Bulletin. Ethnology. KiDDER-GOERNSBY] ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLOEATTONS IN AEIZONA 117 8 Avarps and 24 pairs of wefts to the square inch. The other piece (A-1138, Ruin 1) is so charred that the fibers cannot be identified; they appear, however, to be yucca warp, apccynum weft, or possibly apocynum both ways. The fabric is much finer than the Kuin 5 specimen, but may also have been part of a very high-grade sandal. The warps are two-cord, 10 to the inch; there are 40 pairs of weft strands, or 80 single strands, to the inch. Straps.—In the kiva of Ruin 9 was found a long woven strap or headband with
. Bulletin. Ethnology. KiDDER-GOERNSBY] ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLOEATTONS IN AEIZONA 117 8 Avarps and 24 pairs of wefts to the square inch. The other piece (A-1138, Ruin 1) is so charred that the fibers cannot be identified; they appear, however, to be yucca warp, apccynum weft, or possibly apocynum both ways. The fabric is much finer than the Kuin 5 specimen, but may also have been part of a very high-grade sandal. The warps are two-cord, 10 to the inch; there are 40 pairs of weft strands, or 80 single strands, to the inch. Straps.—In the kiva of Ruin 9 was found a long woven strap or headband with a loop at each end (A-1655). It is 19 inches in length, 2| inches wide. The weft is cotton cord; 24 to 26 yucca strings form the warp. The weft is inserted by twined weaving; a twilled or diagonal effect is produced by inclosing two warp strands, the order of their inclosure being varied from one series to the next. The loops at the ends are made by gathering a number of the warp strands into two rolls, which are strengthened and held together by a continuous figure 8 weaving of cotton cord (pi. 46, h). Straps of this sort have often been found in cliff-dwellings and are usually, and probably correctly, called headbands or burden straps. Examples are figured by Nordenskiold ^ and Fewkes- from the Mesa Verde, and by Cummings^ from Sagiotsosi. There are also several in the Wetherill collection (Mesa Verde) in fig. 45.—weave of coiled work T^ ivT 1 1 •••! 15 • 1 without foundation. Denver. JNordenskiold s specimen bears a narrower strap of about the same length attached to one of its termi- nal loops; the same is true of an example of doubtful location in the Field Museum, Chicago, Textiles in coiled work tvithout foundation.—This weave, of which the stitch is illustrated in figure 45, is not rare. We have one speci- men (A-1708, Ruin 9) made of two-strand human-hair string. There are about 7 coils to the inch, and in the other direction, about 6 loops. A specimen fr
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