ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 501 



ino-, without variation. There is not in the National Muscimi collec- 

 tion from this Puehlo reg-ion another })a8ket in which the whole body 

 is ti-eated in this monotonous manner. Its height is Si inches. Cat. 

 No. »;s.5i3, U.S.N. M. 



Fig. 4 is a water-tight jar from the Zuni Indians. The whole sur- 

 face of the object is in twilled type of twined weaving and well satu- 

 rated in pitch. The characteristic feature is the lugs of wood on the 

 side for the carrying- strap, and llattening of the surface l)etween these 

 lugs, as in a canteen. This is partially shown in the photographs, but 

 is quite apparent on the jar itself. Its height is 9 inches. Cat. No. 

 6Sr>1.5, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 5 is a water- tight ])asket jar constricted in the middle for the 

 attachment of a carrying- strap. The whole surface is in coarse 

 twilled weaving in two-strand twine with the exception of one row be- 

 tween the l)ottom and the body, which is in three-strand. The constric- 

 tion of the body is said to be an imitation of a custom of tying- rag- 

 around the 3"oung- gourd so as to stop its growth, which results in a 

 moditication, useful for holding the carrying strap. Its height is 

 y inches. Cat. No. 6851:1, U.S.N.M. 



Fio-. is a water-tight basket iar from the Zuiii Indians, symmetrical 

 in outline. It is in the twilled type of twined weaving, with wooden 

 lugs on the side and no flattening of surface between them. Its height 

 is Ti inches. Cat. No. 6S502, U.S.N.M. 



Fig-. 7 is a gathering basket from the Zuni Indians. The weaving 

 on the bottom and the body is in the twilled type of twined work; 

 the neck, on the contrar}^ has about an inch of plain twined weaving 

 and is finished oti' with four rows of three-strand twine. The border 

 is in coiled sewing of yucca. This specimen, like the preceding, is 

 made from the stems of Chrj/sothammis. Its height is 7t inches. Cat. 

 No. 68491, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 8 is a gathering- basket from the Zuni Indians. The bottom is 

 in twilled twined work; the body is in plain twined work relieved at 

 varying- distances with single rows of three-ply weaving; border fin- 

 ished oti' with coiled work in yucca. Its height is 6 inches. 



The Zuni pueblos in western New Mexico lie in the very heart of 

 the desert region. On the east are the Kio (irande pue))los, on the 

 northwest the Moki, and far to the south the Gila River. Beside 

 the settled communities long inhabiting- this region, the Navaho and 

 Apache are close at hand on every side, and the Utes are not far away. 

 There is no surprise, therefore, in finding on the same plate illustra- 

 tions of wicker work, twined work in its many varieties of plain 

 twilled and three-strand work, and all of these at times on the same 

 piece of basketr3\ 



Plate 214: shows a rare lot of old coiled baskets, chiefly from Zuni 

 and Sia, in New Mexico, colh^cted under the direction of Major J. W. 



