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Pinus ponderosa. Y(>1 low Pino. 



The split wood of the root i.s one of the niatei-ials used l)v the Ilnpa 

 Indians of northwestern California for tlu^ principal i)art of the weft 

 in elosely-woven baskets. (P. PI Goddard. notes.) 



Pinus sabiniana. Di.iT^er Tine. 



Pol'-kumol (Yuki). 



The Little Lake Indians of Mendocino County, California, use the 

 split roots to make their large V-shaped baskets for carrviny acorns. 

 The root is warmed in hot damp ashes, and the strands are split ofi' 

 before cooling. (V. K. Chesnut, l!H)2.) A similar use extends north- 

 ward among the llu])a and other California coast Indians as far as 

 Klamath River. (V. llavard, 1890.) '^ 



Populus trichocarpa. Balm of (lilead. 



In northwestern California the Hupa Indians sometimes used the 

 root to fasten the ribs of their baskets at the beginning and to form a 

 round at the base of the sides of the basket. (P. E. Goddard, notes.) 



Pseudotsuga mucronata. Ked Fir. 



According to the authorit}" of rJ. W. Hudson, the Porno Indians 

 of Mendocino County, California, use the roots of this tree in the man- 

 ufacture of some of their tine baskets. 



Pteridium aquilinuni. Bracken. 



Bis (CaliK'lla). 



A form of the connnon bracken occurring in the western United 

 States is occasionally employed as a basket material among the Indians 

 of Mendocino Comity, California. (V. K. Chesnut, 1902.) The part 

 used is the two Hat strips of black hard-celled tissue in the rootstock. 



ftuercus alba. White Oak. 



Splints from the wood of a white oak, presrima])ly this speeies, are 

 still used by the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina as the material 

 for certain of their baskets. (Cat. No. 63073, U.S.N.M.) 



QiUercus lobata. ('aiifornia Wiiite Oak. 



The Concow Indians of Mendocino County, California, sometimes 

 blacken their basket strands of redl)ud {CercU occidental is) on which 

 the bark is still attached, by soaking them in water containing the bark 

 of this oak and scraps of rusty iron. (V. K. Chesnut, 1902.) 



Rhus diversiloba. Poison ( )ak. 



KatsMe (Wailaki). 

 Mii-tyu^-ya'''-ho (Pomo). 



The slender stems are occasionally used for horizontal withes in 

 some of the baskets of the Mendocino County Indians of California 

 NAT MUS 1902- 1-1 



