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rod-and-liundle-triangular foundation (fig. 2). The closeness of 

 the texture corresponds to what I have called above Cliff Dweller. 

 Of the four yucca-ring baskets, two are large and two are small. Two 

 are made in over-2-under-2 weave with plain diagonal pattern ; two 

 in over-3-under-3 weave have a concentric diamond pattern (fig. 4). 



Caxvox de Chelly 



Many }'ears ago the Days secured cultural material from Canyon 

 de Chelly, now in the Brooklyn Museum. Included is basketry in 

 two techniques, coiling and twill-plaiting. The coiling is of two types, 

 close coiling and sifter coiling. Of three examples of close coiling 

 analyzed, a burden basket and a vertical-sided shallow bowl are Basket 

 Maker type (fig. 2) in all particulars,' while the third specimen, a 



Fig. 5. — Coiling, with interlocking stitches, on a single-rod foundation. 



bowl, is atypical in that it has interlocking stitches and is made on a 

 single-rod foundation (fig. 5).^ This basket is one of the occasional 

 baskets in this technique found associated with Basket Maker type 

 material. The vertical-sided shallow bowl shows 4 coils, 7 to 9 stitches 

 to the inch. 



A specimen of sifter coiling is illustrated in Figure 6.' It is made 

 on a two-rod-and-bimdle-triangular foundation with noninterlocking 

 stitches. The thread is wrapped about the foundation of the course of 

 coiling in work ; at intervals it is caught in the foundation of the course 

 below, and then wrapped about itself between the courses. In prin- 

 ciple, this method is of the same type as the sifter-coiling techniques 

 found in specimens from the Hazzard Collection (fig. 7) and from 

 Bear Creek on Blue River (fig. 17) . This Canyon de Chelly technique, 

 as will be seen from a comparison of Figures 6 and 7, differs from that 



' B.M. No. 11912; the other is unnumbered. This burden basket has almost 

 vertical walls and is oval in cross-section. 

 *B.M. No. 10904. 

 'B.M. No. 11913. 



