182 COLUMBIAN HISTORICAL EXPOSITION AT MADRID, 



Braided baskets. Not finished; showing the process of braiding; the twigs dyed by 

 the Indians and used in the manufacture of basket work. Moki Indians, Ari 

 zona. 128711. Collected by Mrs. M. E. Stevenson. 



Woven, twisted, and braided basket work. Baskets in a state of elaboration, displaying 

 the method of making the three principal kinds of coiled basketry. 



Materials for the manufacture of baskets. Exhibit of the elaboration of the basket, 

 from the raw material to its complete form; the implements used by the basket 

 makers; baskets in various stages of elaboration, and coiled baskets. Moki 

 Indians (Shoshonean stock), Arizona. Collected by James Stevenson. 



Basket of birch bark, Fancy embroidery, with dyed quills. Micmac Indians (Algon- 

 kian stock), Nova Scotia, Collected by R. B. Hough. 



Basket work Twined sieves and winnowing trays of the southwest of the United 

 States Ute Indians (Shoshonean stock), Utah and Nevada. Collected by Maj. 

 ,T W.Powell. 



Double wallets. Made of grass, neatly trimmed and festooned with thick braid; 

 ornamented with colored wools. Aleut Indians (Eskhnauan stock), Aleutian 

 Islands, Alaska. Collected by Dr. W. H. Dall. 



Belt-ivearer s equipment. The cotton is stretched on a bed of sand, and is vigorously 

 beaten with a flexible rod to card it; it is spun very fine with a spindle, and is 

 used for the manufacture of belts, blankets, etc., of superior quality. Moki 

 Indians (Shoshouean stock), Arizona. Collected by James Stevenson. 



Apparatus for comminuting cedar bark. Consisting of a breaking frame, an imple 

 ment for comminuting the bark, and a woman s skirt. 



The giant cedar (Thuja gigantea; grows along the whole Pacific Coast of North 

 America, and in southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. 

 The development of all the industries among the natives of the countries men 

 tioned is due to the wood and bark of this tree. 



The bark is torn from the tree in pieces, as is done by our tan-bark gatherers, 

 with the rib bone of a deer, to which implement is given the name of &quot;bark 

 stripper.&quot; One side of this implement is used for marking and splitting the 

 sections and the other for severing the piece from the trunk. 



The comminuted bark is used for manufacturing stuffs for petticoats and 

 other articles. It is prepared by putting a strip of inside bark in the wooden 

 frame, No. 127868, and it is broken to pieces with a wooden or bone implement. 

 The bark is then softened by rubbing it between the hands. Usually, packages 

 or bundles are made of it, and it is sold by weight. It is used for clothes, mat 

 tresses, etc. 



Ornaments for petticoats. Made of long strips of frayed cedar bark, united by a cord, 

 and with a cotton fringe at the bottom. Length, 17 inches. Quinaielt Indians 

 (Salishan stock), Quinaielt Agency, Washington Territory, 1887. 127867. Col 

 lected by Charles Willoughby. 



Equipment of weaver of rush mats. Consisting of rushes, needles, bark fiber, and 

 creasers for flattening the seams. Quinaielt Indians (Salishan stock), Chehalis 

 County, Washington Territory, 1887. 127842-52-73. Collected by Charles 

 Willoughby. 



Models and photographs. Showing the processes employed by the Navajo Indians of 

 Arizona for tanning skins. 129436. Collected by Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. N. 



Tanned buckskin. Showing the result ot the processes employed for tanning skins 

 in the southwest of the United States. Navajo Indians (Athapascan stock), 

 New Mexico, 9548. Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer. 



Navajo shoemaker s utensils. Consisting of needles, awls, specimens of sewing and 

 of finished shoes, and the published description. (Proceedings of the United 

 States National Museum, 1888, p. 131.) Navajo Indians (Athapascan stock), 

 Arizona. 128112-16. Collected by A. M. Stephen. 



