. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 409 economy, in doubliiiy' tli(> Avurp splints, to use strips from the outside of the vooi and to luy tlic wrong- sides toi^vtiuT sous to li;ive botii siii-- t'iUM^s smooth. This is sliown in the mixed twine ;iiid ched-cer work on the bottoms of baskets. Plate 140 is a collection of Tlinkit twined buslcetry made from the I'oots of the spruce and d(>corated in false emiiroidery with wild rye or hair o-rass
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 409 economy, in doubliiiy' tli(> Avurp splints, to use strips from the outside of the vooi and to luy tlic wrong- sides toi^vtiuT sous to li;ive botii siii-- t'iUM^s smooth. This is sliown in the mixed twine ;iiid ched-cer work on the bottoms of baskets. Plate 140 is a collection of Tlinkit twined buslcetry made from the I'oots of the spruce and d(>corated in false emiiroidery with wild rye or hair o-rass, either in the natural color or dyed. It will he ol)served that th(^ tigures do not appear on the inside of the walh't. Attention is also calhxl to the very fine workm-anship on these old specimens, especially upon the large one in the middle. The ornamentation, in its symbolism,. Fig. 137. twined hasket wallet. Tlinkit Indians, Alaska. Collected by .T. B. White. has reference to natural features and waterways. The composition of the oruament is in triangles and parallelograms. Fig. 137, Catalogue No. i>15C() U. S. National Museum, is a twined basket wallet of the Tlinkit Indians. It is of lumd-box shape when spread out, but here shown as folded for transportation. The bottom, warp, and twine is v«n-y roughly made of spruce root splints, the former radiating- from the c(Miter. The l)oundary of the ))ottom is a single row of three-strand twine. This method of ornamenting- and strengthening- their work Avas used ])y the Tlinkits, not only at the bottom, 1)ut along- the sides and near the top. The rest of the body is in strip(\s of natural spruce root color, in l)lack and Indian red, done in false 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. Board of Regents; United
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