ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKI:TRY. 



339 



ber of illustrations are devoted to showing the variety of ways in 

 which Ixiskets may become vehicles among the aborigines of our 

 hemisphere. 



p]dwin Bryant describes the moving of a Sioux camp near Fort 

 Laramie in 1S40." The tent poles were fastened to the sides of the 

 ponies for travaux. Crosspieces wore lashed to these 

 and small children wei'e confined in cages made from 

 willows in the form of crates for crockery, having 

 doors on the sides. 



The Moki, or Hopi, Indians of to-day, in addition 

 to the woven head ring and the ordinary head straps 



for carr3^ing 



loads, have in 



use a breast 



band of yucca 



iiber for drag- 

 ging loads over 



the ground. 



(See tigs. 1< 15 



and 106.) The 



Papago women 



lit a lacework 



frame to the 



back in carry- 

 ing loads for 



long journeys. 



(See tig. lOtJ.) 

 The Apaches 



make a s p e- 



cial pannier in 



twined work, 



one of which 



will tit the human back, and two 



may be used on a donkey. 



Plate 86, from a photograph 



by A. W. Ericson, represents a 



Hupa Indian woman using the 



carrying basket for firewood. 



On her head she wears one of the 

 beautiful little conical basket caps of this tribe, common in collec- 

 tions. A band of leather passes across her forehead, and the load of 

 wood is supported on her back. There is no other function of bas- 

 ketry so universally widespread as this. 



According to Muhlenpf ordt the Pimas and Maricopas make a basket 



Fig. 105. 

 breast band for 



HAULING. 



Zufii, New Mexico. 

 Cat. No. 70962, U.S.N.M. 

 Collected by James Ste- 

 venson. 



Fig. 106. 



CAERYINCi FRAME. 



Papago Indians, Mexico. 



After W J McGee. 



« Rocky Mountain Adventure.s, p. 110. 



