38 SMITHSONIAN MISCELI.ANROUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 87 



TYPES OF BASKETRY 



In the preceding notes, it will he seen that certain technical types 

 Stand out clearly : 



In coiling there are the three types with triangular foundation 

 elements : Basket Maker, in two varieties : two-rod-and-bundle-tri- 

 angular (fig. 2) and two-rod-and-reed-triangular ; Cliff Dweller; and 

 the type with three-rod-triangular foundation (fig. 11). All three are 

 consistent in left direction of work, concave work surface (figs. la. 

 b), noninterlocking stitches (fig. 2). The dift'erence between the 

 Basket Maker and Cliff Dweller is one of texture. Both have two-rod- 

 and-bundle-triangular foundation (fig. 2). The third type differs from 

 the two preceding only in that the foundation is three-rod-triangular 

 instead of two-rod-and-bundle. There is also the type on single-rod- 

 surrounded-by-fiber-foundation, with noninterlocking stitches (fig. 3). 



One other coiling technicjue occurs with sufficient frequency to be 

 called a type. This is the coiling on one-rod foundation with inter- 

 locking stitches (fig. 5), left direction of work and concave work 

 surface (fig. la). 



In sifter coiling, there are two types, A (fig. 8) and B (figs. 6, 7, 

 17), of which the latter occurs with minor variations. 



In twill-plaiting there are two types, the yucca-ring baskets made 

 from center bottom upwards (fig. 4), and the second type which is 

 probably made from mouth down with the bottom unfinished. 



Basket Maker Type Coiling 



On the basis of the textual distinction between Basket Maker and 

 Cliff' Dweller material, basketry of Basket Maker type coiling occurs 

 in the preceding enumeration in Marsh Pass and associated sites. 

 Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly, the Piedra District, Grand 

 Gulch, Kane County, Battle Canyon, Allan Canyon, Lake Canyon, 

 among the Wetherill material from southern Utah and southwestern 

 Colorado, possibly at Las Cruces, N. Mex., and in caves of the Lower 

 Rio Grande Region. 



The Basket Maker subvariety, distinguished from the regular Bas- 

 ket Maker only in that the foundation is two-rod-and-reed-triangular, 

 occurs in Canyon del Muerto, Battle Canyon, Navaho Canyon, Lake 

 Canyon, and in the Wetherill material from southern Utah and south- 

 western Colorado. 



Cliff Dweller Type Coiling 



Material of such fine texture as to be associated typologically with 

 Cliff' Dweller material rather than Basket Maker material, is found 



