ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 



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foundation of the coil, undci- the packing- of the coil underneath. 

 The sewing- is done with splints of willow or cottonwood. The orna- 

 mentation consists of six rows of coiling- in brown material on the 

 neck, a row of black material on the shoulder, with two rows of chev- 

 rons on the 1)ody. The latest Apache has only black and white in 

 decoration; red and brown are old and rare. 



This specimen, Catalogue No. 21ilM- in the U. S. National .Museum, 

 was collected in Arizona by Dr. J. B. White, U. S. Army. 



Fig. 193. 



BASKET .lAR. 



Apache Indians. 

 Collfptoil liy .1. H. White. 



Fig. 19-1: is a design on a coiled basket l)<)wl of the Apache. The 

 foundation of the bowl is the rod-and-splint pattern, and the sewing 

 passes over it, under the splints of the coil below, the stitches inter- 

 locking. The design is in ^fartytua loiilxHina. The apparently 

 uns\^stematic ornamentation is, in eli'ect, perfectly regular. Four 

 lines of black stitching, of the same lengths in each, proceed from a 

 black ring around the center. From the ends of these lines the sew- 

 ing is to the left in regular curves. The four radiating lines are 

 repeated and then the curved lines until the border is reached. The 

 suggestion of lightning or the limbs of some insect has been made out. 

 The design has not been explained by an}- basket maker. 

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