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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



comparison with the Chukchi type just shown. The warp is of coarse 

 hemp cord; weft or tilling is of grass stems in natural color d3'ed 

 black. The bottom is ornamented with bands in two colors; in each 

 band there are alternate rows of })lack and white stitches arranged 

 perpendicularly; in the next band they are oblique, and in the next 

 perpendicular, forming a interminable mass of changing patterns, 

 having a very pleasing effect. The body is covered with alternations 

 of plain and variegated bands in which the white and black are admin- 

 istered in triangles, rectangles, chevrons, and zigzag patterns. The 

 work on this wallet is tinelv done. The effect of the ornamentation is 



Fig. 134. 



coiled basket. 



Eskimo Indians, Alaska. 



Cat. No. 38469, U.S.N.M. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



very attractive— on the top the ends of the warp are bent down and 

 held in place by loops of sinow thread. The work nearest like this 

 will be found quite common on the eastern side of Bering Sea and on 

 the Pacific coast of America. The writer is indebted to Dr. Franz 

 Boas for drawing attention to these similarities. 



Its height is 13 inches. This specimen, now in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York, was collected by the Jessup 

 Expedition. 



The coiled variety of Eskimo ])asketr3% previously mentioned, con- 

 sists of a bunch of grass sewed in a continuous coil by a whip stitch 



