NO. 7 SOUTHWESTERN BASKETRV WELTFISII 23 



Miscellaneous Collections 

 SOUTHERN UTAH (sAN DIEGO MUSEUM COLLECTION) 



In the San Diego Museum, classified as prehistoric baskets from 

 southern Utah, is a collection of seven coiled and three twill-plaited 

 baskets. 



Coiling. — Five coiled baskets are Basket JMaker type in every par- 

 ticular (fig. 2).* The shapes are: two bowls, one very large tray {21^ 

 inches in diameter), a burden basket, and a cradle basket.^ All the 

 baskets have about 4 plus coils to the inch, the stitching ranging from 

 II to 14 stitches to the inch. The burden basket has two horizontal 

 black zigzag designs ; the tray has a band of black near the center. 

 Both tray and burden basket have two lugs of fiber cord on the convex 

 or outside surface. One of the bowl-shaped baskets contains the 

 mummy of a baby wrapped in a rabbit-fur cloak. 



One small coiled globular basket is made in Basket Maker type 

 technique but the texture is finer.' There are 6 to 7 coils and 14 

 stitches to the inch near the bottom. The work is finer toward the 

 mouth ; it has a plain edge and all the work was done on the convex 

 surface. The mouth is inverted and depressed ; six courses at the 

 mouth are made on multiple grass foundation, so that this part of the 

 basket is soft and flexible. A skin covering was put over the mouth 

 and shoulder of the basket and fastened to it by cross-tying of buck- 

 skin thongs over the sides and vmder the bottom. The basket is 

 5 inches in diameter, 2^ inches high and the mouth opening is 2^ inches 

 in diameter. 



One coiled bowl is made on a single-rod foundation with interlock- 

 ing stitches (fig. 5), counterclockwise spiral, concave work surface 

 toward the left of the worker. There is a false braid edge.^ 



Twill-plaiting. — Twill-plaited baskets include two yucca-ring bas- 

 kets in over-2-under-2 weave, one of which has a concentric diamond 

 pattern (fig. 4),* and one globular-shaped basket in over-2-under-2 

 weave, probably made from the mouth down, with open bottom, over 

 which a square of twill-plaiting has been fastened with one row of 

 twining. This latter basket has two collars of plaiting, the outer one 

 attached extraneously and the inner one a part of the body. There is 

 a fiber drawstring at the mouth.' 



' S.D.M. Nos. 4789, 4756, 4788, 4759. 



^ See also under Cradle House in this paper. 



^ S.D.jM. No. 4758, similar in shape to the globular yucca basket below, 

 (S.D.M. No. 4791). 



' S.D.M. No. 4790. 



" S.D.M. Nos. 4755, 4762. 



* S.D.M. No. 4791 ; baskets of this type and shape with bottom open and 

 collar attached, are described also under Canyon de Chelly and Grand Gulch. 



