PLATE IIT. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



FIG. 5. Coiled Eskimo basket. The bottom is a bit of old leather, to which, is sewed, 

 by means of grass thread, a coil of straws varying in thickness from i to ^ 

 inch. This coil is continued to form the cylindrical side, the shoulder at 

 the top, and the neck. The disk-like cover is made in the same manner. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson, in Norton Sound. Museum number, 38469. 



