Sec.  X. Their way of weaving long ribbon-like articles, such as sashes or belts, garters, and hair-bands, which we will next consider, presents many interesting variations from, the method pursued in making blankets.  To form, a sash the weaver proceeds as follows:  She drives into the ground four sticks and on them she winds her warp as a continuous string (however, as the warp usually consists of threads of three different colors it is not always one continuous string) from, below upwards in such a way as to secure two sheds, as shown in the diagram, Fig. 56.

[Illustration:  FIG. 57.—­Section of Navajo belt.]

[Illustration:  FIG. 58.—­Wooden heald of the Zunis.]

Every turn of the warp passes over the sticks a, and b; but it is alternate turns that pass over c and d.  When the warp is laid she ties a string around the intersection of the sheds at e, so as to keep the sheds separate while she is mounting the warp on the beams.  She then places the upper beam of the loom in the place of the stick b and the lower beam in the place of the stick a.  Sometimes the upper and lower beams are secured to the two side rails forming a frame such as the warp of a blanket is wound on (Sec.  IV), but more commonly the loom is arranged in the manner shown in Plate XXXVI; that is, the upper beam is secured to a rafter, post, or tree, while to the lower beam is attached a loop of rope that passes under the thighs of the weaver, and the warp is rendered tense by her weight.  Next, the upper shed is supplied with a shed-rod, and the lower shed with a set of healds.  Then the stick at f (upper stick in Plate XXXVI) is put in; this is simply a round stick, about which one loop of each thread of the warp is thrown. (Although the warp may consist of only one thread I must now speak of each turn as a separate thread.) Its use is to keep the different threads in place and prevent them from crossing and straggling; for it must be remembered that the warp in this case is not secured at two points between three stranded cords as is the blanket warp.

When this is all ready the insertion of the weft begins.  The reed-fork is rarely needed and the batten used is much shorter than that employed in making blankets.  Fig. 57 represents a section of a belt.  It will be seen that the center is ornamented with peculiar raised figures; these are made by inserting a slender stick into the warp, so as to hold up certain of the threads while the weft is passed twice or oftener underneath them.  It is practically a variety of damask or two-ply weaving; the figures on the opposite side of the belt being different.  There is a limited variety of these figures.  I think I have seen about a dozen different kinds.  The experienced weaver is so well acquainted with the “count” or arrangements of the raised threads appropriate to each pattern that she goes on inserting and withdrawing