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on the other hand, imposes no such restrictions in the matter of design, but leaves the hand free to make curves of any form. Accordingly, when we find the aboriginal potters of Arizona
Fig. 35. Types of Textile Design. a. Checker; b. Twill; c. A Typical Pattern from Cane Basketry; d. Design from the Penn Treaty Wampum Belt; e. Bird Figure from Peruvian Cloth; f. Design on a Peruvian Basket. Holmes, 1888. I
and New Mexico using a great array of checked and angular patterns, with stepped lines, we must necessarily refer them to textiles.
