PLATE VII. 



(Mason. • Basket-work.) 



Fig. 11. Twined basket-wallet of the Cliilkaht Indians (Thlinkit stock), band-box 

 shape when spread out. Tlie bottom is very roughly made of spruce-root 

 splints, warp and twine, the former radiating from the center. The bound- 

 ary of the bottom is a single row of twine fastened on externally. The 

 cylindrical portion for a few inches above the bottom is in natural brown 

 colo^', excepting two or three vertical liands of embroidery. The rest of the 

 body is in stripes of natural color, black and Indian red. The border is 

 formed by turning under the warp threads and cutting them off. The ge- 

 ometric patterns (different on everj' wallet) are formed by embroidering 

 upon the outer surface, half through the fabric, with yellow, light red 

 straws and epruce-root dyed. This style of basketry is followed by the 

 Haidas in the baskets made for sale. Collected at Sitka, Alaska, by Dr. J. 

 B. White, in 1876. Museum number, 21560. 



