Page:The Pima Indians.pdf/157

152 through the cloth under the selvage, thus rendering the temple readily adjustable.

The collection contains one old headband 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 (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