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Beads and beadwork of the American Indians : a study based on specimens in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (1929)

Orchard, William C · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 133

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WOVEN BEADWORK 97 short ones is continued throughout the weave, so that the beads stand out on a dark background, making a kind of fret pattern. The back- ground is composed of the uncovered warp elements. Despite the fact that so much of the warp is not covered or bonded in any way, the weave is… … the warp and returned Fig. 92. — Technique of the square weave through the same beads showing the use of a single thread passed through the beads from each direction. from the opposite direc- This panel is woven separately from the tion and under the warp. bag, and afterward sewn to the cloth along…

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