24 SMITFISOXIAX M ISCEI.I-A X l.l )l"S tOI.I I'CiroXS VOL. S>y 



SOUTHERN UTAH AND SOl"TH\\'ESTERN COLORADO ( WETHERILL. AND 

 iVrcLLOVD AND GRAHAM fOr.LECTIOXS ) 



Basketry material important from a technical standpoint is con- 

 tained in the McLloyd and Graham and the Wetherill collections now 

 in the University Museum. University of Pennsylvania, and the l^ii- 

 versity of California Museum. Wherever possihle in this paper I 

 have grouped or included specimens from these collections with loca- 

 tions or sites ; there remain, however, a number of baskets for which 

 no allocations can be made l)eyond the general regional one as above.' 



Coiled basketry. — Basket ]\Iaker type coiling on a two-rod-and- 

 bundle-triangular foundation (fig. 2) includes four bowls and (jne 

 tray. Three undecorated bowls are respectively 8:[ inches in diameter 

 of mouth, 4] inches high, 3I inches in diameter of bottom; 11 inches 

 in diameter of mouth, 4^ inches in diameter of bottom, 5f inches 

 high; and 13^ inches in diameter of mouth, 8 inches in diameter of 

 bottom, 5 inches high. The stitch measurements are 6 coils, 8 stitches ; 

 5 coils, 7 stitches; 5 coils, 13 plus stitches per inch.' A larger bowl, 

 14I- inches in diameter of mouth, 9 inches in diameter of bottom, 6 

 inches high, 4 plus coils, 12 to 13 stitches per inch, with a design in 

 dark brown, an unusual color, has a circular piece of native cloth 

 glued to the outer bottom with pinyon gum.'' The tray is 16^ inches 

 in diameter by 4^ inches deep, runs 9 plus stitches, 6 coils to the inch, 

 and has a black zigzag band design.^ 



Cylindrical forms. — These include three pieces, all of relatively fine 

 texture ; one piece shows 6 coils, 15 stitches to the inch, while another 

 is very fine, running 5 plus coils, 22 stitches to the inch (Cliff Dweller 

 texture). Two have designs in red and black.' There are two oval 

 baskets, one of which is a burden basket. One of the oval baskets 

 has a design in black, while the burden basket has a design in red and 



' In reference to baskets of this collection in the University of California 

 Museum, which have been classified above under canyon names, Dr. L. M. 

 O'Neale sent me the following note from the catalog : " Baskets shipped from 

 University of Pennsylvania, received August, 1891, named as C. D. Hazzard 

 Collection, divided by G. H. Pepper." Cf. Amer. Anthrop., vol. 32, p. 485, 

 note 58. 



■ U.P.M., Wetherill No. 15 D (found with skeletal remains), Nos. 21 D, 

 25 D (found with human remains). 



' U.P.M., Wetherill No. 22 D. 



* U.P.M., no number. 



^ U.P.AI., Wetherill Nos. B 38, and D 21 (found with Iniman remains) ; the 

 lliird is I'. P. AT., no numlier. 



