id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 19921 Holmes, William Henry 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 .txt text/plain 17152 1050 75 the textiles obtained from ancient mounds and graves with the work of basketry; (3) matting; (4) pliable fabrics or cloths. of cane;"[12] and a similar use by the Indians of Virginia is recorded by _a_, Openwork fish baskets of Virginia Indians; _b_, manner of weaving; The use of mats in the mound country in very early times is described by Du Pratz, speaking of the fishing nets of the Louisiana Indians, states John Smith, speaking of the feather work of the Virginia Indians, says: 10.--Fine, closely woven cloth preserved by contact 10.--Fine, closely woven cloth preserved by contact An illustration of ancient split cane matting is presented in figure 12. Twined weaving prevails in the fabrics impressed on pottery as in those Nets were in use by the Indians of Florida and Virginia at the time of CAROLINA INDIANS, Textile fabrics of 14, 16 indians, Textile fabrics of 17 JOUTEL,--, on indian use of mats 20 ./cache/19921.txt ./txt/19921.txt