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black." One oblong basket, witbout decoration and of coarse texture, 

 sbows a use of botli yucca and wood sewin": threads in the same 

 basket." 



Basket Maker type coiling on a two-rod-and-reed-triangular foun- 

 dation : two bowls, one tray, one cylindrical shape. The tray is of 

 coarse texture, the other three pieces somewhat finer. One undec- 

 orated bowl has red paint adhering to the outside. The other howl 

 and the tray are decorated in red and black." 



There is one shallow, circular fragment of Basket Maker technique 

 on a three-rod-triangular foundation ; it is rather coarse in texture.^ 



Interlocking. — Two trays on a two-rod-and-reed-triangular foun- 

 dation, worked on the concave surface to the left of the worker, show 

 interlocking stitches ; the stitch measurements are 5 coils, 10 stitches, 

 and 5 coils, 12 stitches to the inch ; one has a decoration in black in an 

 unusual shiny material." Two specimens on a one-rod foundation 

 show interlocking stitches (fig. 5), and are worked on the concave 

 surface to the worker's left. One is a bowl, the second a cylindrical 

 piece, with an unusual embroidery decoration.* 



Sifter coiling. — There is one sifter basket in these collections. The 

 technique is illustrated in Figure 7. In principle it is related to the 

 technique of specimens from Canyon de Chelly (fig. 6) and from Bear 

 Creek on Blue River (fig. 17). I have grouped these variants as all 

 of one sifter-coiling type, called type B. 



PALATKI, CENTRAL ARIZONA 



Basketry fragments found in a cliff house by J. W. Fewkes are in 

 the United States National Museum. I have seen a fragment of 

 coiling and a number of fragments of twining. 



Coiling. — The coiled fragment is made with noninterlocking stitches, 

 on a three-rod-triangular foundation (fig. 11). It is rather coarse 

 work, running 6 coils and 9 stitches to the inch. 



Tw/»»/^.'— These fragments are parts of what were evidently large 

 conical burden baskets, made in twilled-twining (fig. 14). The stitch 



^ U.P.M., both specimens without number. 



'U.P.M., Wetherill No. 11 D (found with human remains). 



'The bowls and tray are U.P.M., no number; the cylindrical fragment is 

 U.P.M., Wetherill No. B 36. 



* U.C.M. No. 2/3072. 



°The two trays are U.P.M., no number. 



*The two pieces are U.P.M., no number. 



'U.S.N.M. No. 156293: Basket fragments, Palatki, Ariz., ruin A, house G 

 (J. W. Fewkes, 634). 



