Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States / Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 3-46

by William Henry Holmes

CONTENTS

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		Page
Introductory		[9]
	Scope of the work	[9]
	Definition of the art	[10]
	Materials and processes	[10]
	Sources of information	[11]
Products of the art		[13]
	Wattle work	[13]
	Basketry	[15]
	Types ofbasketry	[15]
	Baskets	[15]
	Sieves andstrainers	[17]
	Cradles	[18]
	Shields	[18]
	Matting	[18]
	Pliable fabrics	[21]
	Development ofspinning and weaving	[21]
	Cloths	[22]
	Nets	[26]
	Feather-work	[27]
	Embroidery	[28]
	Fossil fabrics	[28]
	Modes ofpreservation	[28]
	Fabrics fromcaves and shelters	[29]
	Charred remainsof fabrics from mounds	[35]
	Fabricspreserved by contact with copper	[36]
	Fabricsimpressed on pottery	[37]
[INDEX]

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