ABORIGmAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



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intorlock. Two (luito distinct stylos of foundation are usod, namely, 

 hunches of splints tak(Mi from tlu' moi-e hrittle and i-ouuh interior of 

 the cedar root, and two flat strips of the smooth layer on the outside 

 of the root. The surface of the one will l)e rugose, of the other, flat 

 and smooth. (See figs. 52, 53, and 54 and Plates i5(>-lt;i.) 



Fio-s. 44 and 45 represent a type of coiled work in vogue among 

 the Mescalero Apaches. As has been said previously, the Apache 

 Indians, who live in the arid regions of Arizona, made the foundations 

 of their coiled l)asketrY of hard rods. In various ti-ibes these rods 

 are arranged in a foundation after difterent patterns. It will he seen 

 by examining the drawing here given that three rods form tlu' basis 

 of the coil. Thev are laid one on another in a vertical row. the 



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Fig. 44. 



founpation of thrf.e rods i.aid verticai.i.y. 



Mescalero Ai)iiehe Indians. 



stitches simply interlocking so that the greatest economy of work is 

 ettected. It is not known that any othcu- tribe in America practices 

 this peculiar arrangement of the foundation rods. This specimen, 

 (Jat. No. 211941, in the U. S. National Museum, was collected by 

 F. M. Covert. 



Plate 24 shows a style of coiled weaving called openwork. This 

 specimen, in the collection of C. PI Rumsey, Riverside, California, is 

 termed a grasshopper })asket, but it belongs to a type of technic that has 

 a very wide distribution, and probably has nothing to do with holding 

 live insects. The foundation is a bundle of shredded material or grass. 

 The sewing is a splint of hard wood. This is wrapped a certain number 

 of times around the foundation and then caught under the sewing of the 

 coil underneath, the stitches interlocking. Perhaps a few bits of the 



