AMOKKIINAL AMERICAN KASKKTRY. 



493 



of splints laid on to}) and scwod as in coiled \vca\ ini;- (tii;-. L.S4). On 



the top of this a stout rod is 



sewed ])y another turn of the 



same process, so that ])oth 



coiled work and twined 



Avork are to ho seen in this 



coarst^ bit of ever^'day ware. 

 This specimen, catalogue 



No. 140S8 in the U. S. Na- 

 tional ]\Iuseum. \\as col- 

 lected in Utah by J. W. 



Powell. 



Fig. 185 is a harvesting 



and carrying l)asket of the 



l*aiutes in diagonal twined 



weaving, precisely as in 



fig. 17'.) i"e})resenting a Ute 



Avonuin's hat, and fig. ISO 



the fanning tray. The bot- 

 tom is covered with hide to 



])rotect it and on the side is 



fastened a lieadband use(l in 



carrying. The ornamenta- 

 tion on many Ute specimens 



.seems to have })een eli'ected 



l)y charring, since the 



figures do not appear on 



the inside at all. 



The Ute Indians make use of many kinds of seeds in their dietary. 



The women go out into the 

 plains with this cariTing bas- 

 ket and the fan, illustrated in 

 lig. ISI. The apex of the cai- 

 rying ])asket is rested on the 

 gi'ound and the seeds are I )eaten 

 into it l>y means of the gather- 

 ing fan. AVhen the ])asket is 

 full th(^ woman places the band 

 across her forehead, rests the 

 receptacle on her )>ack. and 

 trudges home witli her load. 

 Catalogue Nos. l-tO(>7 to 

 l-tT-t<) in the V. S. National :\ru- 

 seum wereprocured in Utah by 

 J. W. Powell. 

 Fig. 186 is called a roasting or fanning tray of the Paiutes, being 



Flci. 182. 



GATHKRISC; BASKET. 

 I'iuntf Indians, I'tah. 



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