his double-curve motive, but all they have in common seems to arise from their universal floral foundations. While there is little in the way of skin painting accompanying the western sub-type of beading, there is a far greater textile develop-
Fig. 42. Decorations on Birchbark from Eastern North America. The upper figures represent the side and bottom of a bark vessel from the Penobscot Indians. The lower sketch is a typical "double curve" design. (Center 5b, Fig. 37.) Speck, 1914. I
ment, especially at the sub-center. The weaving of bands containing quills or moose-hair is a feature in the Déné region. From the Ojibway of Wisconsin southward, we find a rather high development of bag weaving and many forms of mats. The designs upon quill bands and mats are almost without
