PLATE XXXI. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



FIG. 57. Coiled basket bowl of the Navajos, with single osier in the coil. Body color 

 natural hue of the wood ; ornaments in mahogany-brown, and black. 

 The bowl is divided four quadrants, each separated by a black border 

 and having a cross in the center. The border is very interesting, resem 

 bling the braiding on a whip. It is made by sewing with a single splint as 

 follows : The splint is passed under the sewing of the last coil and then 

 drawn over it and backward. It is then passed under again, upward and 

 forward, just in advance of the starting point. Thus, by sewing forward 

 and backward, as one coils a kite string, a braided effect is produced by a 

 single splint thread. Width, launches ; depth, 4| inches. Collected in 

 New Mexico, in 1873, by Governor Arny. Museum number, 16510. 



