A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament / Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252)

by William Henry Holmes

Fig. 338. Figures from the Penn wampum belt, showing the conventional form imposed in bead work.[ToList]

My second illustration (Fig. 339) is drawn from a superb example of the basketry of the Yokut Indians of California. The two figures form part of a spirally radiating band of ornament, which is shown to good advantage in the small cut. Fig. 340. It is of the coiled style of construction. The design is worked in four colors and the effect is quiet and rich.

Fig. 339. Conventional figures from a California Indian basket.[ToList]

Fig. 340. Basket made by the Yokut Indians of California.[ToList]