. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 240 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSIEUM, 1902. The reason for this is apparent, since in ovoiy third revolution one element passes behind the warp and two remain in front. Three- strand twined work is seldom used over the entire surface of a ])asket. In tij^. 30 will be seen the drawing- of a very old piece of twined Avork from the ancient Hopi or Mold Pueblo. The bottom of this old basket jar and a portion of the bod}', as will be seen, are covered
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 240 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSIEUM, 1902. The reason for this is apparent, since in ovoiy third revolution one element passes behind the warp and two remain in front. Three- strand twined work is seldom used over the entire surface of a ])asket. In tij^. 30 will be seen the drawing- of a very old piece of twined Avork from the ancient Hopi or Mold Pueblo. The bottom of this old basket jar and a portion of the bod}', as will be seen, are covered with plain twine weft. The shoulder and neck and two bands of the body are in three-strand twined weaving-. A small portion of the inside, seen in the top of the'drawing, as will be seen, has the appearance of small two- strand twined work. In lig. 31 is shown a square inch from the sur-. FiG. 30. BASKBT-JAB IN THREE-STRAND TWINE. Hopi Indians, Arizona. CoUooted by J. W. Powell. face of this jar, enlarged to make plain, the appearance of the two types of teclmic. T'he upper portion of the figure has all the appearance of twilled and twined work in two-strand weft. The three-strand work shown in this figure is a Ute motive. The U. S. National Museum col- lections represent at least seven different styles of basketry technic attributed to the Hopi people of Tusayan, and philologists have come to the conclusion that the Hopi are a very mixed people. (/>) Thrci-stnuid hra/d.—ln three-strand ))raid the weft elements are held in the hand in the same fashion, ])ut instead of being twined simply they are plaited or braided, and as each element passes under. 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 Muse
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