. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 38. six warp stems parallel. After Mary White. COILED BASKETRY Coiled basketry is produced ))y an oyer-and-over sewing with some kind of flexible material, each stitch interlocking with the one inune- diately underneath it. The exception to this is to be seen on Salish, Maidu, and other baskets, in which the passing stitch is driven through the wood of the one underneath and splits it. In the coiled basketry of British Colum- bia, as w
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 38. six warp stems parallel. After Mary White. COILED BASKETRY Coiled basketry is produced ))y an oyer-and-over sewing with some kind of flexible material, each stitch interlocking with the one inune- diately underneath it. The exception to this is to be seen on Salish, Maidu, and other baskets, in which the passing stitch is driven through the wood of the one underneath and splits it. In the coiled basketry of British Colum- bia, as well as here and there farther south, this splitting of stitches, so clumsj^ look- ing when done without plan, is turned into an element of ])eauty. The top of each stitch is carefully Ijifurcated or tri- furcated, so that to the uninitiated the sew- ing appears to have ])een done vertically instead of horizontally. This type of work may be called furcate coil. (See Plate 23 and figs. .51 and 55.) The specimen (Plate 23) is a nnnarkabh" old piece found near Death's Valley, California. Diameter, 6^ inches; depth, 4 inches; colors, dark wood, with line of l)rown around top. This is one of the finest specimens of furcated stitches. It resembles conmion Ute l)as- ketry of the two-stem variety, and in the sewing the stitches are not driven home tight, but left as wide apart as possible. On the inside. Fig. 39. warp stems crossed in threes; held by wicker. After Mary 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 States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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