Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 148
varying the width of the warp or the woof threads.. . . It is not astonishing that a material so easily workedshould have found its way so extensively in the industries of this 1 Many of the handsomest baskets at the National Museum, as well asbaskets from other great collections, are illustrated,… … stock of Indians. Neither should we wonder that the checkerpattern in weaving should first appear on the west coast amongthe only peoples possessing a materialadapted to this form of ornamentation. Referring to the water-bottles of the PaiUtes, Mr. Mason says: This style can bemade coarse or fine,…
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