PLATE IV. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



Fig. fi. One square inch of Fig. 5 enlarged, sbowiny the buiicli of .straws iiecfl as the 

 body of the coil, and the niauuer of \vliipi)inj^ the tuni.s of the coil with 

 grass threads. Instead of carefully ]ooj)iiig the thread into the cue just be- 

 low, as is done in the best coiled work, the ba.sket-niaker passed the sticks 

 indiscrimiuately through or between those below. Some of the Eskimo bus- 

 kets, however, resemble those of the uext class. 



