190 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



4. Pots for cooking, with cylindrical sides and i-ounded or Hat 

 bottoms. These vary into cones, truncated cones, and trough-shaped 

 baskets. 



5. Jars and fanciful shapes, in which the mouth is constricted, fre- 

 (juently \ ery small, and now and then sup})lied Avith cover. Thev arc 

 s])indle sha})ed, pyriform, nai)if()rm, and, indeed, imitate fruits known 

 to the natives. The intlueuce of civilization in giving modern shapes 

 to basketry has not always been benericial to this class of forms. 



W. II. Ilohnes, writing of the transition froiu service to decoration, 

 speaks of foim in and on basketry as (1) functional and essential oidy, 

 (2) functional and a'sthetic combined, and (H) as suprafunctional and 

 wholly aesthetic. 



There are two distinct types of technic in ))asketry, namely, (1) hand- 

 wo'oen l)asketry, which is ])uilt on a warp foundation, and (2) sewed 

 or coiled basketry, which is built on a foundation of rods, splints, or 

 straws. 



KINDS OF WOVEN BASKETRY 



A. Checkerwork: The warp and the weft having the same width, 

 thickness, and ])liability. 



B. Diagonal or twilled basketry : Two or more weft strands over two 

 or more warp strands. 



C Wickerwork: lntiexil)le warp; slender, tlexible weft. 



D. Wrapped weft, or single weft wrapped: The weft strand is 

 Avrapped, or makes a bight al)()ut the warp at each decussation, as in 

 the Mohave Kilio. 



K. Twined or wattled bask(»try: Weft of two or more elements. 



KINDS OF C'OILED BASKETRY 



A. Coiled work without foundation. 



B. Simple interlocking coils. 



C. Single-rod foundation. 



D. Two-rod foundation. 



E. Rod and welt foundation. 



F. Two-rod and splint foundation. 



G. Throe-rod foundation. 

 //. Splint foundation. 



/. Grass-coil foundation. 



K. Fuegian coiled basketry. 



These will be descri))ed at length in the proper ])lace. 



In basket-making there are several characteristics to be observed 

 which will enable one to classify the objects and to refer them to 

 their several tribal manufacturers. These characteristics are the 

 material, the framework, the methods of weaving, the coiling or sew- 

 ing, the border, the decoration, the use, etc. 



