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The mill hopper is also in plain-twined weavino-, strengthened with 

 three narrow^ bands of tee weavino-. The granary basket and the mush 

 bowl are noteworthy especially on account of the peculiar method of 

 finishing- the work l)y merely cutting otf the warp stems. 



Plate 08 represents two specimens in the collection of C. P. Wilcomb, 

 both of them from Tulare County, California. Tlie upp<'r figure is a bowl 

 connected with ))()dy in twined weaving. The diameter is l-i,| inches. 

 The ornamentation is in four bands, the lower broken, the second in 

 chevron pattern, the third human figures, the fourth the standard hour- 

 glass pattern. On the margin iire spots in ])lack material in grou]3s of 

 fours. The lower figure represents a typical mortar stone with pestle 

 and hopper, in this case glued to the upper surface of the millstone. 

 The ornamentation on the up]3er is also the standard band of hexagonal 

 figures. 



Plate 99 represents a Yokut woman on the Tule River Reservation 

 shaking acorn meal and sifting it for making mush. 



In Plate 100, the same collection, is represented a Havasupai (Yuman) 

 Indian woman screening corn in a roasting basket with hot stones and 

 blowing out the chati', using the specimen both for parching and clean- 

 ing the seeds. 



Plate 101 shows a Coahuilla (Shoshonean) woman grinding acorn 

 tlour on a mortar stone, on the top of which has l)een cemented a hop- 

 ptn* ))asket with open bottom. This method of grinding is extremely 

 old, inasmuch as some of the pieces of ancient baskets in prehistoric 

 graves, found by Mr. Pepper and others, are in this tjqDC and stitch 

 of basketry. 



Speaking of the Apache Indians and others farther south, Capt. John 

 G. Bourke mentions their fanning trays for grinding the seeds of grasses. 

 Hot stones are placed in them, with the coarse material and the chafi' is 

 burned out. The Captain also mentions that the trays are wet to keep 

 them from burning. This can not ])e a universal practice, because in 

 some of the specimens in the Museum the texture is very nmch charred. 



Plate 102 shows the most primitive form of storage, holding several 

 bushels, used by the Mohave Indians in the desert between Mexico 

 and southern Arizona. It resembles more a bird's nest than a textile 

 pre})aration. The specimen is in the Field Columbian Museum, Chi- 

 cago, and to the courtesy of C. L. Owen and G. C. Simms I am 

 indebted for the photograph. 



The Mohave and other tribes have curious granaries for storing 

 mesquite beans, corn, etc., near their houses. A platform is con- 

 structed on high poles; upon this is placed a round, bottomless l)asket 

 from 3 to 5 feet in diameter and 2 to 3 feet deep. These are made 

 of arrow- weed stalks tightly interwoven. When filled the top is 

 sealed with mud to keep out rain. In specimens examined l)y Owen 



