512 



REPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



of four sets of lines in pairs, passino- in eycloidal curves from tlie bot- 

 tom to the marj>-in. Catalogue Nos. !^1.320-t and 213265. 



The specimens were collected by Dr. Walter Hough on White 

 Mountain Apache Reservation, 1(»0 miles south of Holbrook, Aiizona. 

 The syml)ol is that of the martynia hooks, the sharp points having 

 been allowed to project from the inner surface in certain areas. 



The shoots for basket material are gathered in the spring, tied in 

 bundUi's. and put away in the houses for future use, sometimes with 

 the hark on, at others without. When tht; basket maker is readv the 

 osiers are soaked thoroughly in water; the stems are employed whole 

 for the foundation of the coil, and the sewing is done oni}^ with the 

 outer layer, tho inner ])()rtions being peeled ofi' and the splints scraped. 

 One end is held in the mouth, the other in the left hand, whiie the 



steel knife, formerly the 

 stone knife, is used in the 

 right hand. 



The ornamentation on 

 all this basketry is in 

 Martynia lomslana^ or 

 devil's claw (Tahuate), 

 the design itself often 

 being the figure of the 

 plant. The awl used in 

 the sewing is called b\' 

 the White Mountain In- 

 dian, tsatl; the coiled 

 bowl, tsa; the spindle- 

 shaped water jar, tose; 

 the carrying basket of 

 twined work, ta tsa; the 

 gathering scoop, pen al 

 te, and the shoots of 

 wood, tsin. 



Fig. 192 shows the or- 

 namentation on a coiled basket bowl of the Coyotero, on the San 

 Carlos Agency, in southern Arizona. The parts are in threes; the 

 smaller design is made up of a combination of little squares and tri- 

 angles, the larger design being more comj)licated in its elements, with 

 its three vase-shaped parts, which terminate in the dark circle of the 

 center. The meaning of this design is ind^nown. 



This specimen. Catalogue No -11:28 in the U. 8. National Museum, 

 was collected on the Gila River, Arizona, by H. W. Read. 



Fig. 193 is an old bottle-shaped coiled basket, made, according to 

 Dr. Hough, long ago by the Mescalero Apache, before they adopted 

 the present wide variety. The foundation of the coil consists of a 

 rigid stem overlaid with soft fiber. The stitching passes over the 



Fig. Vn. 



COILED BOWL. 



Coyoteni iTidians, xVrizona. 

 Colle<-terl liy H. W. Read. 



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