Orchard, William C · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 23
een made to draw the fibers out so that they might be spun into yarn. This fiber affords no strength; it is easily separated from the wool and feathers, and may have been incorporated in the textile with a view of ornamentation. The weave of this blanket is a variety of twilled technique, the same… … Fig, bled string of closely spun goat-wool twined between the loops, as shown in fig. 5. The bonding string is drawn tight over the soft, loosely spun warp, and is not easily [13]
Salish Indians · Salish textile fabrics · Indian textile fabrics · Indians of North America
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