500 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



mens are the following: The foundation i.s of splints, the sewino- is 

 done with willow or rhus, and the stitches are just l)arely carried 

 around a small portion of the foundation underneath where they are 

 interlocked. Note also that th(^ oi'iianientation — an ascending- .spiral — 

 is in one case a rhombic figure and in the other is built up of little 

 rectangles formed b}^ counting stitches, which may be few or many, 

 as the curve on the body of the basket expands or contracts. This 

 mingling of very simple elementary forms is capable of an infinite 

 variety in treatment. 



The attention of the student is especially called to the margins of 

 these baskets, which appear to be in a three-strand plait; but the}^ are 

 really done in a single splint which passes backward over the founda- 

 tion, then under and forward, inclosing the rod underneath, forming 

 a tigure of 8, and the multiplication of this produces on the surface 

 the braided appearance. , For detail, see page 276, hg. 87. Catalogue 

 Nos. 134214:, 131215. Collected by James Stevenson. 



Although there may be seen at the pueblo of Zufii all sorts of 

 baskets, the most of them include pitched bottles for water, coiled and 

 whipped tra3's, Hopi-coiled and wicker-basket trays, but it is not to 

 ])e understood that they Avere necessarily made there. The only work 

 made by the Zuni nowadays is their small, rough peach baskets, of 

 twigs and wickerwork, hardly worthy of notice except for their ugli- 

 ness and simplicity. Those who are familiar with this intei'esting 

 tribe of Indians say that trading is a passion with them, and that 

 through their agricultural products and their retined loom work they 

 are able to gratify this taste among the surrounding tribes for old 

 basketry. 



Plate 213 shows some old so-called Zuni ware, collected for the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology b}^ James Stevenson in New Mexico 

 long ago. 



Fig. 1 is a wicker basket, globular form. The warp consists of a 

 num])er of stems of OIiry-sotha)iinu>i laid flat. The weft of the same 

 material is in wickerwork, the border being fastened down in coiled 

 sewing with yucca leaf. Handle, a rawhide thong. Used ])v these 

 Indians in gathering fruit and other food substances. Height, 8 inches. 

 Cat. No. 68603, U.S. N.M. 



Fig. 2 is a jar-shaped basket of Chrysotharmius {Bigelovlo) splints. 

 The warp is radiating at the bottom and parallel on the body; the 

 whole basket is made in twilled style of twined weaving over two. 

 The border is not finished off. The handle is a rawhide thong around 

 the neck. This is a very coarse specimen of twined work. The 

 height is 8 inches. Cat. No. 68480, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 3 is a rare and interesting specimen of twined basket jar. 

 The bottom has radiating warp and is in coarse twilled weaving, but 

 the body from the bottom to the upper margin is plain, twined weav- 



