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They 'Avo then woven around with a fine .splint and placed on a 

 revolving- drum or form and tilled up the required hight and set in the 

 sun to dr}" for six hours. The}" are then shaken hard b}" striking the 

 bottom on the floor, which causes the splints to settle tight together 

 and prepared for the rim. They next proceed to fasten the handles to 

 the sides and put the rims or hoops on l)3'titting- them into the notches 

 made in the handles and binding them tightly with tine splints. The 

 different st3des are made ])y using' different-shaped drums and vari- 

 ously colored sj^lints, the lat- 

 ter lieing done by dipping 

 the splints before weaving 

 into dj^es. 



The most curiously made 

 l)askets are those for the char- 

 coal and eelpots. 



The charcoal baskets are 

 shaped like a tray and are car- 

 ried on the head by the coal 

 carriers. 



The eelpots are used as traps 

 for catching eels. The wood 

 is prepared for them in the 

 same manner, and they are 

 made on a form about 40 inches 

 long and in the shape of a bot- 

 tle minus the bottom, and have 

 a funnel arrangement at either 

 end, which is detacha))le. 



D. Wrappeduiork. — \V rap- 

 ped basketr}^ consists of flex- 

 ible or rigid warp and flexible 

 weft. Examples of this tech- 

 nic are to be seen in America at the present time among the Indians 

 of southern Arizona for their carrying frames. (See flg. 13.) 



The warp extends from the rigid hoop, which forms the top, to the 

 bottom where the elements are made fast. Firmness is given to the 

 structure l)y means of two bowed rods crossing at right angles at the 

 bottom and securely lashed at the top. The weft, usual! v of twine, is 

 attached to one of the corner or frame pieces at the bottom and is 

 wrapped once around each warp element. This process continues in a 

 coil until the top of the basket is reached. In some of its features 

 this method resembles coiled work, but as a regular warp is employed 

 and no needle is used in the coiling, it belongs more to the woven 

 series. Hudson mentions the same among the Ponios for holding roof 



Fig. 13. 



wrapped weaving. 



Mohave Indians, Arizona. 



Cat. No. 24145, 1'.JS.N.M. ('(illeoterl liy Kdward Palmer. 



