PLATE XXXVIII. 



(Masoii. Basket-work.) 



Fig. 66. Twiued jar-shaped basket of the Mokis. Exceptiug in the rigid ruaterial 

 and the pottery form, we have here all the details of the west coast bas- 

 ketry. At the center of the bottom each twining includes two warp tw igs ; 

 the next round the same plan is followed, but the stitches alternate. This 

 for 10 rows; on the fifth is an exterior twining for ornament. Then suc- 

 ceed 6 rows of twining on each twig, then 4 rows of twining over two 

 twigs, then 9 rows of single twiuing overlaid by two double rows of ex- 

 ternal twining. The rest of the surface is covered with twining over every 

 warp twig, onoverlaid the upper portion and at the bulge by external 

 twining. The fasteuiug oft" is inere whipping. Collected in Moki i)ueblo8 

 in Arizona, by J. W. Powell, in 1884. 



Fig. 67. Oue inch of 66, showing the twining on single and on double rods. 



