The remains of the second and smaller coiled basket 
(30/4228) are too disintegrated to be identified. The 
largest fragment measures 5.5 cm. X2.5 cm. and shows 
the start of the coiling at the base of the basket. The 
coil foundation is composed of flat strips of plant material 
which resemble those used in asimilar manner in the con- 
struction of the large basket described above. The coil 
is begun by tightly wrapping this bundle of strips upon 
itself in such a way as to form a small rectangle with 
rounded corners. ‘The identification of the sewing ma- 
terial could not be determined. 
It is quite possible that this basket was originally 
placed in the lap of the mummy and that it presumably 
contained certain plant foods, as well as a wad of Ilama 
wool. Remains of these materials were found in the area 
in which the basket fragments were recovered. 
CONCLUSION 
The plant remains described above comprise thirty-five 
lots, each lot containing from one to several specimens. 
These are often only fragmentary. Of the total number 
of lots, twenty-three were identified, five were given 
only tentative identification, while seven remain undeter- 
mined. ‘The plant specimens that were identified belong 
to seven families and eight genera. These are as follows: 
Gramineae Zea Mays L. 
Cy peraceae Scirpus spp. 
Amaryllidaceae Furcraea sp. prob. F. occidentalis Trel. 
Leguminosae Arachis hypogaea L. 
Pachyrrhizus tuberosus Spreng. 
Euphorbiaceae Manihot esculenta Crantz. 
Malvaceae Gossypium sp. prob. G. barbadense L. 
Cucurbitaceae Lagenaria siceraria (Mol. ) Standl. 
When this list of plant specimens from the Peabody 
Museum mummy bundle is compared with those from 
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