ANCIENT PUEBLOS OP UPPER GILA REGION". 



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BASKETRT PAHOS. 



It is quite evident that baskets were frequently used as mortuary 

 offerings, and they have also an extensive use in connection with 

 ceremonies of the present Pueblos. There 

 is, however, but one instance, so far as I 

 am aware, of miniature baskets being 

 used as offerings, and that is in connec- 

 tion with the toy bows and arrows given 

 to the Zuhi children by the sacred Koko 

 dancers. The numerous basketry offer- 

 ings found in Bear Creek Cave can 

 scarcely be related to any present cus- 

 toms. The fact, also, that the specimens 

 are painted in different native colors 

 separates them from any similar objects 

 at present among the Pueblos. One of 

 these baskets attached to the paho stick 

 is shown in figure 317, Cat. No. 246138, 

 U.S.N.M. A series of these specimens 

 is shown on plate 24. It will be noticed 

 that all the specimens have holes through 

 the bottom for the stick, although the 

 sticks have disappeared in the course of 

 time.^ The largest is 4| inches in diam- 

 eter, the smallest 3 inches. 



A curious basket paho, shown in figure 318, is made of dasylirion 

 splints by the lapping method, as in the Mohave carrying baskets. 



Fig. 



517. — Basket paho from 

 Bear Creek Cave. 



Fig. 318. — Basket paho from Beak Creek Cave. 



The detail of starting the weaving is shown at a. The basket ap- 

 pears to be a model of a carrying frame used among the southern 



1 Catalogue numbore, beginning at the upper left hand of the plate, 236134, 236141. 

 236133, 236131, 24-6133, 232089, 246138, 236140. 



