ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKP:TRV. 



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roiled Imsket. In Po\Yeirs Indian Lini;ui.stic Families the Yunian 

 tribes include the C'oeonino, Coeopa. Kutchiu or Ymnan proper. Die- 

 guenos. lla\asupai. Maricopa, Moha\ (\ Seri, AVaicuru. and Wala))ai. 

 The Yiuuan ti-il»es (>ccu])y the peninsula of Lower California, and are 

 arc also mixed with other tribes in southern C'alifonua and in western 

 Arizona, especially along the Colorado River. Many of the ])ands of 

 Indians called missions belong to this linguistic division. The types 

 of basketry made ])y the Ilava- 

 supai are shown in the following 

 illustration. 



Formerly the only implement 

 of the basket maker was a bone 

 awl replaced in this instance bv /./J/''^ u ']' ^r ' ""^'^^U' '" ^ V.n/f^, 

 one of metal. It is noteworthy ■'' i /^'ir j n 1'\,!m 



that she is working toward her '* '1 , , 

 left hand, the wrong side of her vi '7"^ 1 

 basket l)eing inside. After the V'> t ' 

 work is done the projecti ng ends ^^* 

 are candidly cli})ped l)y means ^"^ 

 of scissors. Photographed l)y 

 George Wharton James. 



Plate 201 presents two very 

 ancient tray -shaped Iniskets or 

 plaques from the cave in San 

 Martin Mountains. Los Angeles 

 County. California, which were 

 collected by Stephen Bowers. 

 The Catalogue No. is 39245, in 

 the Peabody ]Museum. Cam- 

 1) r i d ge . Massachusetts. (See 

 also Plate 202.) 



The upper tigure is a iine old 

 examjde of coiled weaving in the three-rod type, the stitch interlocking 

 with the upper element. 



The lower tigure is an example of the same kind of coiling. l)ut the 

 surface has been covered with asphalt, so that the texture is almost 

 totally obliterated. 



Twined weaving is not so common as coiled work in southern Call 

 fornia. One could scarcely conceive a more primitive specimen, how- 

 ever, than is shown in tig. 178, from the Dieguenos Indians (Yumau 

 family) living al)out San Diego, California. The specimen is a ])asket 

 for cactus fruit. The warp is gathered singly or in pairs in the twists 

 of the weft. Old specimens of twined weaving from the region, on 

 the contrary, are tinely wrought. 



Plate 203 represents a sack in twined weaving, collected at Mesa 



Fm. ITS. 



TWINED BASKKT. 



Dieguenos Indians, California. 



Cat. No. 19743. C.S.N.M. Colleotefl liv Kdward I'ah 



