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THE PIMA INDIANS
[ETH. ANN. 26
through the cloth under the selvage, thus rendering the temple readily adjustable.[1]
The collection contains one old headband[2] or belt (fig. 75, a), which its owner had laid away wrapped around bis long hair which he had been induced to cut off. It is woven from tightly twisted cotton yarn, the colors being black, white, green, and yellow, arranged in a zigzag pattern, as shown in the figure. The reverse side is without pattern and not intended to be seen. Another headband[3] (fig. 75, b) was made to order and is of a much simpler design and style of weaving. The colors are black, white, and red.
There are two belts or headbands in the National Museum that were collected by Bartlett in 1850. One of these, no, 178911, is a
- ↑ Doctor Palmer collected a Pima loom in 1885, which is now in the National Museum, no. 76008. The beams are of cactus wood, 1.410 m. long, 6 cm.in diameter. The heddle is of arrowwood, the same length as the beams, and is 8 mm. in diameter. The blanket, which is about half finished, is 57 cm. wide and 1.100 m. long. The selvage is not dyed, but there is a red weft thread 29 cm. from the end and a second one near it which passes across the middle third of the cloth. The batten is 91 cm. long. 25 mm. wide, and the shuttle 92 cm. The cloth is smoothly and evenly woven, having 8 warp and 11 woof threads to the inch.
- ↑ Length, 1.900 m.; width, 65 mm.
- ↑ Length, 2.270 m.; width, 57 mm.
