Fig. 26.—Twined fabric, with patterns, Ohio valley.
Fig. 27.—Net from ancient pottery, District of Columbia.
That the native love of decoration had a marked influence on the weavers' art in its simplest and rudest as well as higher forms is well
evinced even in the meager vestiges brought to light by researches in the mounds. Decorative borders and fanciful combinations of strands are shown in some of the preceding cuts, and figure 26, copied from a pottery fragment obtained in the Ohio valley, indicates a more ambitious attempt at embellishment. The fabric was evidently of ornate design and the execution excellent.
| [BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY] | THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL. IX |
BITS OF FABRIC-MARKED POTTERY, WITH CLAY CASTS OF SAME
Plate IX is intended to convey a clear notion of the nature and appearance of fabric-marked pottery and of the manner of securing positive impressions in clay. Three bits of pottery from Illinois are placed at the left, and the three casts appear at the right. All illustrate open fabrics of comparatively simple pattern done in the characteristic twined style.