PLATE II. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



FIG. 3. Twined wallet of the Eskimo. The warp and the twining of the bottom is 

 of a very coarse, rush-like, fiber. The bottom is in openwork and is 

 strengthened on its outer edge by an extra twine set on externally. The 

 body is of a dirty rush color, the spotted lines on the cylindrical portion are 

 in black and body color. This effect may be varied by mixing two strands 

 of different color in the twine. The fastening off at the top is done by 

 working the warp strands into a three-ply braid, turning down on the in 

 side of the vessel and cutting off an end whenever a new warp thread is 

 taken up by the braid. Frequently the last three or four warp straws are 

 not cut off but braided out to their extremities in order to form a handle. 

 Collected at Norton Sound, by E. W. Nelson. Museum number, 38872. 



FIG. 4. One square inch of Fig. 3, representing (1) four rows of twining on the cyl 

 indrical portion ; (2) the method of adding a new row of twining exter 

 nally for a boundary between the bottom and the cylindrical portion, and 

 (3) the method of forming an open-work bottom. 



