ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, 



515 



In this example the foundation is a single rod. The ])ody color 

 of the bowl is that of the wood. The ornamentation is in splints of rhus 

 d\'ed mahogany brown and l)lack, and consists of four quadrants 

 in each of which is a cross-shaped figure. The boundary of the space 

 is black, tilled in with ])rown. The figure is in the color of the 

 wood and has a black border. In the sewing the stitches simply 

 interlock with those underneath. The border of the specimen is 

 worthy of study, being what is called elsewhere false braid. The 



Fig. 195. 



COILED PLAqUK. 



Niivalio Iiidiaiis. 



Apaches, on the contrary, make ])orders in plain coil. Catalogue No. 

 16510 in the United States National Musem was collected in 1S73 by 

 Governor Arny, of New Mexico. 



Plate 2-2S is a collection of Navaho sacred basket drums belonging 

 to C. P. Wilcoml). Baskets attributed to the Navaho are extremely 

 uniform in cverv respect. On the authority of Dr. Washington 

 Matthews the sewing material is splints of sumac (B/ufs arotiiatica). 

 Some Indians told Dr. Hough tliat the material was tsin, a species 

 of willow growing along the washes. The atitches in the sewing 



