ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



503 



This specime!!, Catalogue No. 68546 in the U. S. National Museum, 

 was procured in New Mexico by James Stevenson. Its width is !» inclies 

 and depth 10 inches. 



The Ilopi pueblo settlement, called also Moki, in the ancient province 

 of Tusayan, is made up of the following-named villages, in order from 

 oast to west: Walpi. Ha'no or Te'wa, Sichomovi, Shipaulovi. Mush- 

 ongunuvi, Shumopavi, Oraibi. Here in these seven old towns are 



Fi..;. l.sy. 



COILED BASKET JAR. 



Zufii Indians, New Mexico. 

 Cat. Nn. fiSMf). r.S.N.M. fullt-i-tt-.i by .1. W. I". 



made all kinds of basket work. From Dr. Walter Hough the follow- 

 ing information is received: The thick North- African -like coiled 

 pUuiues are from Mushongunuvi, Shipaulovi, and Shumopavi, all on 

 the middle mesa, and nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere. The 

 material for the foundation is stems of Takashu {Wilarla jaincsll), 

 gathered in October. The sewing is done with narrow strips from 

 the leaves of Mohu ( Yucca (jhiucii) in the natural color of the outside 



