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tion of a .single pliable splint, effects are produced on the border which 

 resemble three-ply or four-pl}^ braid. 



Fig. 87 shows the detail of l)order on a Havasupai (Yuman) basket, 

 Cat. No. i^l3^59, U.S.N.M., collected by Dr. Walter Hough. It will 

 be seen that two rows are used in the foundation of the border. The 

 strip, or splint, passes under the upper backward, then around in 



Fig. so. 

 singi.e-str.'^nd pl.-mten border. 



front forward, and under both, then ])ackward to repeat the process 

 by a sort of tigure-of-eight movement, passing from left to right. 

 When the work is done and driven home it has the appearance of reg- 

 ular plaiting. Fig. Z* shows both top and side view of the completed 

 work. 



The application of l)order woi-k to other forms of receptacles may 

 be studied here, since the processes are quite akin. In a large area of 



Fig. 87. 



single-stkand pi,.\ited border. 



Havasnpai Indians, Arizona. 



Cat. No. 2132.')!>. Collerted by Walter Hough. 



North America bark of trees, with some leather, was so easily worked 

 that very little troulile was taken in weaving l)askets. 



Fig. 88 represents the l)order of a l)ircli-bark tra}^ formed over a 

 rod of willow, a very simple and effective but quite ornamental method 

 of attachment. Five holes are bored or cut through the bark near 

 the upper border. Two holes are then made, half an inch from 

 the border, and these series are repeated all the way around. The 



