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Powell n remarks of the Kaibab cradle, "They make a wicker board, 

 by plaiting willows, and sew a buckskin cloth to either edge, and this 

 is fulled [sic] in the middle, so as to form a sack, closed at the bottom. 

 At the top, they make a wicker shade . . . and, wrapping the little 

 one in a wildcat robe, place it in the basket, and this they carry on 

 their backs, strapped over the forehead ... In camp, they stand the 

 basket against the trunk of a tree or hang it to a limb." 



The Kaibab cradles appearing in plates 14, b, 15, a, b, and 19, b, 

 appear to be related to the "U-ladder" type of the lower Colorado 

 River. But whereas the latter has a stout rod bent into U-shape and 

 covered with horizontal lattice work, the Kaibab cradle has an oval 

 frame covered with vertically placed rods which extend beyond the 

 frame. Plate 15, a, shows such a cradle with the hood, infant's head 

 pad, and carrying straps in place. 



The Uintah Ute cradle (pi. 24, b) is probably a board covered 

 with buckskin. This type, derived from tribes to the north and east 

 of the Intermontane area, never spread beyond the Ute and Northern 

 Shoshoni. 



DRESS AND ADORNMENT 



It is surprising to note the great number of photographs showing 

 persons in full costume. Informants' testimony and early explorers' 

 accounts are unanimous in ascribing extraordinary poverty and scanty 

 attire to Southern Paiute Indians. Even Powell 10 observes "They 

 wear very little clothing, not needing much in this lovely climate." 

 One gets the impression that the hunter who was able to acquire 

 sufficient deer or antelope skin to tailor himself and his wife com- 

 plete garments was exceptionally lucky. People were usually described 

 as completely or nearly nude, or, at best, draped only in a rabbit-skin 

 blanket. Yet the photographs show a large number of men attired 

 in shirts, breachclouts, leggings, moccasins, and sometimes skin hats, 

 and women fully clad with dresses, peplums, and moccasins. Perhaps 

 the truth of the matter is that most persons possessed all essential 

 garments but, like the old men in plate 1, b, they did not ordinarily 

 wear them. To what extent they utilized their entire wardrobes or 

 even borrowed clothing at the instigation of Powell and Hillers for 

 the very special purpose of having their pictures taken is impossible 

 to know. It is clear, however, that many of the subjects of the photo- 

 graphs were specially arranged. Individuals were sometimes taken, 



9 Op. cit., p. 127. 



10 Op. cit., p. 126. 



