492 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



l)r()iioht together to a ])oint, at the same time l)ent cknvmvard in s})o()ii 

 form for a AYarp. These are held in ])laee })V a continuous twined 

 weaving- l)ai'kward and forward, tlie rows ]»eing at irregulai' intervals. 

 Near the end the points are held together l)y compact twined weaving. 

 The ])order is made by coiled work Iniilt up on a pair of strong rods. 

 These interesting objects are not contined, as will l)e seen, to the Ute 

 Indians, l)ut all the tril)es in Ciilifornia, Nevada, and Arizona tliat 

 depend upon the smaller seeds for their sustenance have the same 

 method of ])eating the ripe grass into a conical carrying basket. The 

 fans of tins type, perhaps, form the very earliest harvesting device. 



Associated with the harvesting fan iy the gathering and carrying 

 basket and the roasting or winnowing tray. 



Catalogue Nos. ll<S17j llS22in the U. S. National Museum, procured 

 in Utah i)v J. W. Powell. 



Fid. ISl. 



ItAKVESTINi; FANS. 



I'aiiitc liiilians, T'tnli 



('DllfClfcl l,v .1. W. I'owc 



Figs. 182 to IS-t illustrate a gathering basket of the Paiute Indians. 

 'Jlie first, tig. 182, represents the entir(» structui-e which is at basis 

 open-twined work. The noticeal)le feature about this piece is the 

 treatment of the war]), which, instead of rising perpendicularly from 

 the ])ottom to the top. is twisted to the left, each radial element of the 

 warp making al)out one-fourth of a turn from the vertical. Again, 

 the technic is diagonal Aveaving in twined work. The diverting- of the 

 warp from the vertical is not connuon in twined Aveaving, })ut occurs 

 quite frequently in this area and among this family. 



Fig. 1813 gives a good notion of the way in which the bottom is 

 started. Four pairs of wai'p stems constitute the base. These are held 

 in i)lace by very coarse twined weaving. The ends of the stems are 

 bent up to })ecome the warp of the body. The upper border of the 

 basket shows how the warp stems are bent down to the left; a bundle 



