Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950, Orchard, William C · New York : [The De Vinne press] · leaf 36
ts, with perhaps a few minor exceptions. For example, many of the belts were woven on leather thongs, instead of on cords of slippery-elm fiber, as Morgan relates, and other fibers are known to have been used by the Indians for cords and strings, such as dogbane {Apocynum cannabinum) , sometimes… … Fig. 1 next warp-strand, when another bead is threaded on the two strings, which are again separated and passed one above and one below the next warp. This operation is repeated until the width is filled with beads, when the two strings are twisted (b) with one or more turns to cross the weave in…
Penn's treaty with the Indians, 1682 · Wampum belts · Beadwork
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