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Show i9ooJ INDIAN INDUSTRIES 235 tribes of the northeastern woodlands, where strips of some hardwood, of uniform width and thickness, are woven in a plain, checker- board pattern. As soon as the strips are varied in width and coloring the possible patterns are numerous and the beauty much increased. Such\ n advance is seen in the cedar- bark weaving of the north Pacific coast. The great variety in form and pattern which woven basketry presents in different parts of the country is brought about by the treatment of the warp and weft strands, as well as by the different materials ^ d pigment^ employed. f o i l ed basketry is produced by sewing over a rod foundation with some flexible material, each stitch interlocking with the one beneathNxThis type is essentially a western ami southwestern production. The art of weaving cotton and wool into cloth was also an Indian accomplishment. \ The looms were of a simple sort, but the product was often of remarkable fineness and beauty, as in the blankets of the Tlingit and Navajo'and the cloths of Central and South America. It has already been noted that the exigencies of the food quest called for frequent changes of residence on the part of the Indian, and the journeys thus undertaken were often of considerable length. Modes of travel and means of transportation, therefore, were not only a matter of concern to the Indian himself, but are of interest as an additional expression of his adaptation to his environment. |
