ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



485 



ticiilt in the dried form to distinguisii the two materials. The pretty, 

 attractive de.sig'n on this specimen is sim[)licity itself. Small trianole^ 

 are arranged in two rows, half of them joining- outwai'd and the other 



Fig. 175. 



TNSiriE VIKW OF FIG. 174. 



half inward from the base, forming a continuous circle. One row is 

 so suggested with reference to the other that the white space ))etween 

 forms a continuous chevron. It is a little difficult to say wheth(>r the 

 whole meaning of such a result from simple processes was in the mind 

 of the basket maker. While not wishing 

 to deprive her of all the credit due to her 

 for this beautiful work, one can scarcely 

 refrain from thinking that the total effect 

 was not comprehended by the artist. 



This specimen, Catalogue No, 21786 in 

 thelJ. S. National Museum, was collected 

 in southern California ])y Edward Palmer. 



Plate 11*7 is the portrait of Mercedes 

 Nolascjuez, the mother of the capitan of 

 the Mission Agua Caliente in San Diego 

 County, southern California. The Mis- 

 sion Indians of this reservation belong to 

 the great Shoshonean family. A ]:)ortion of her house is shown in a 

 coiled bowd filled with acorns. In her hands she is holding a partly 

 finished coiled basket, the foundation of which is a number of stems 



Fig. 176. 

 square inch of fig. 174. 



