. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] BASKETRY 133. bine different plants with a view to the union of beauty and strenjith in the prod- uct. The tools and apparatus of the bas- ket maker, who was nearly always ,J \\M!1 a woman, were most skilful fin- gers, aided by fin- ger nails for gauge, teeth for a third hand or for nip- pers,astone knife, a bone awl, and polishers of shell or gritty stone. She knew a multitude of dyes, and in some instances the bark was chewed and the splint drawn between the lips. In later ^ Three-Strand braiding o Im Q ^^A ^^^ Oj 4 /ffoo ^^rt \^^i ^^\lj |©o .--P A=J ^ o @ c
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] BASKETRY 133. bine different plants with a view to the union of beauty and strenjith in the prod- uct. The tools and apparatus of the bas- ket maker, who was nearly always ,J \\M!1 a woman, were most skilful fin- gers, aided by fin- ger nails for gauge, teeth for a third hand or for nip- pers,astone knife, a bone awl, and polishers of shell or gritty stone. She knew a multitude of dyes, and in some instances the bark was chewed and the splint drawn between the lips. In later ^ Three-Strand braiding o Im Q ^^A ^^^ Oj 4 /ffoo ^^rt \^^i ^^\lj |©o .--P A=J ^ o @ c / CROSS-SECTIONS OF VARIETIES OF COILED BASKETRY. ,(. COILED, WITHOUT FOUNDATION; b, SIMPLE INTERLOCKING COILS; c, SINGLE-ROD FOUNDATION; (I, TWO-ROD FOUNDA- TION; e, ROD-AND-SPLINT FOUNDATION; /, TWO-ROD-AND- SPLINT foundation; g, THREE-ROD FOUNDATION; /(, SPLINT foundation; ;, GRASS-COIL FOUNDATION times knives, awls, scissors, and other utensils and tools of steel were added. In its technic basketry is divided into two species—woven and coiled. Woven bas-. 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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