ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPER GILA EEGION. 



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was collected at Bear Creek Cave. The ball appears to have been 



dipped in some viscid substance at the time it was made, in order 



to hold it in shape. The ball may have 



been wound on a prayer-stick, or rounded 



rod, or on the extremity of a bow to hold 



the string in place as observed on the 

 nockless bows of the East In- 

 dies and Africa. The orifice 

 in the ball is slightly unsym- 

 metrical and accords with 

 the section of the simple pointed bows of this region. 



Fig. 156. — Ball or coproF yucca 

 CORD FROM Bear Creek Cave. 



BRAIDING. 



A primitive textile in the form of a braid of 

 yucca was found in a cave on Eagle Creek north 

 of Morenci, Arizona, near White Mountain Apache 

 Reserve line by Bryan D. Horton. (Cat. No. 2151, 

 U.S.N.M.) It is neatly braided from six strips 

 of yucca leaf (fig. 157) and was evidently thrown 

 away before completion. It was probably in- 

 tended to form a portion of the carrying band. Braiding in all 

 varieties was known by the inhabitants of this region. 



Fig. 157. — Braid op 



YUCCA FROM EAGLE 



Creek. 



Fig. 158. — Braided sash from Tularosa Cave. 



A sash (Cat. No. 246430, U.S.N.M.) girded the loins of a mummy 

 buried in the debris of the Tularosa Cave and held the jacket of 

 feather cords to the body. (Figs. 149, 150.) The material is well- 



