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as to constitute almost one third of the specimens found. The shapes 

 of Basket Maker work fall into five classes: trays (the commonest 

 form), bowls, carrying baskets, water baskets, and trinket baskets. 

 Designs are all in black. 



The technique of the coiling found in this Basket Maker material 

 can be summarized as follows : The work is consistently done toward 

 the left of the basket maker (fig. lo. b). Most of the work is done on 

 the concave surface ; some globular forms are worked on the concave 

 surface to the shoulder and thence on the convex surface from 

 shoulder to rim ; a few globular forms are worked entirely on the 

 convex surface (fig. ib). The work being consistently in the left 

 direction, concave work surface implies that the stitching is done at 

 the far edge of the circumference (fig. la). while convex work surface 

 implies that the stitching is done on the near edge of the circumference 



Fig. I. — a. Coiled basket with counter-clockwise spiral, worked on the concave 

 surface, toward the left of the worker. /'. Coiled basket with clockwise spiral, 

 worked on the convex surface, toward the left of the worker. The dot indicates 

 the place on the circumference where the work is done. 



(fig. i^). Descriptively, baskets worked on the concave work surface 

 show a counterclockwise spiral (fig. la) ; those worked on the convex 

 work surface show a clockwise spiral (fig. lb). Throughout Basket 

 Maker coiling the stitches are noninterlocking (figs. 2, 3).' The pre- 

 dominant or typical foundation is two-rod-and-bundle-triangular 

 (fig. 2) ; occasional specimens were found to have a single-rod-sur- 

 rounded-by-fiber foundation (fig. 3). 



The above description with respect to the two-rod-and-bundle- 

 triangular foundation baskets defines technically what I refer to 

 throughout this paper as Basket Maker type coiling. 



Tzvill-plaitiii!^. — One specimen in twill-plaiting from White Dog 

 Cave ' is in over-2-under-2 weave with the bottom unwoven ; it is 

 probable that the basket was made downward from the rim." 



^ Kidder and Guernsey, pp. 168-169, fig. 80. 

 ^ Guernsey and Kidder, p. 63, and pi. 23/), opposite p. 62. 



' Compare the specimen of twill-plaiting from Canyon del Muerto described 

 elsewhere in this paper, and the jar-shaped specimen from Canyon de Chelly. 



