NO. 7 



SOUTHWESTERN BASKETRY — -WELTFISII 



The Pueblo I or pre-Pueblo period is represented by a single speci- 

 men, a well-preserved coiled burden basket from Cave i, Segi Canyon. 

 The walls are almost vertical for about two thirds of the height, form- 

 ing a narrow ellipse in cross-section, the upper third to the rim show- 

 ing a very decided flare. The coiling is of the regular Basket Maker 

 type. 



Fig. 2. — Coiling, with noninterlocking stitches, on a two-rod-aiid-bundle- 

 triangular foundation. (This is the typical Basket Maker technique.) 



Fig. 3. — Coiling, with noninterlocking stitches, on a single-rod-surrounded-by- 

 fiber foundation. (This is a variant of the Basket Maker type technique.) 



Cliff Dweller material ' includes fragments of shallow coiled trays 

 and yucca-ring baskets. The yucca-ring baskets are predominant, the 

 coiling being far rarer than in the Basket Maker sites. 



The technique of Cliff Dweller coiling is identical with that found 

 in Basket Maker trays, the two types being distinguishable only in 

 texture. In Basket Maker material, the stitch measurements range 



Guernsey and Kidder, p. 63, also point out the contrast of this type of twill- 

 plaited basket with the yucca-ring baskets which are made from the bottom 

 center up (fig. 4). 



^Kidder and Guernsey, pp. 108-110. 



