ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, 



521 



served with agave twine; the upper end is notched. The staff is also 

 used to sui^port the basket in an upright position when it is unslung. 

 (See tigs. 1(»0 and 106.) Width above, transverse, 13 inches; antero- 

 posterior, 11 inches; depth behind, Hi inches; front, 7i inches. Col- 

 lected b}^ Edward Palmer. 



Fig. 199 is a coiled basket of the Pimas. The foundation is made of 

 grass stems or cat-tail, and the sewing is done with narrow and uniform 

 splints of Cottonwood or willow, the ])lack figures ))eing worked in with 

 martynia. The puzzling and intricate ornamentation is reducible to a 



Fig. 200. 

 coiled bowl. 

 Pima Indians. 



Collected hv Edward Palmer. 



few most simple elements and eas}' of construction. Four series of 

 vertical lines start from the black bottom. At uniform distances from 

 the beginning all the way out to the rim horizontal lines proceed to 

 the left, terminating in small black squares. It can easily be seen that, 

 while the vertical lines are narrow and depend upon the width of the 

 stitches, the horizonal lines must necessarily be as wide as the rows of 

 sewing. About two-thirds of the way from the beginning a new set 

 of zigzags are started, and these are continued to the outer margin. 



