THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 



designs in black near the rim on either side. When found, these 

 baskets were filled with popped corn, pinon nuts and seeds. 



In the lower right-hand corner of the same photograph there 

 is represented a small basket containing feathers which were kept 

 in place by means of a piece of cotton cloth completely filling the 

 upper part of the basket. 



YUCCA BASKET AS FOUND IN A CAVE, GRAND GULCH UTAH 



The remaining three baskets represented on page 23 are of 

 the "in-curve" form. Two have flat bottoms, but the third is 

 like an olla in shape. They have the three-stick core, "in-curve" 

 and the weaving of the two shown in the left part of Baskets, 

 the picture is the same as that already described. The third, 

 in the upper right-hand corner, has what is known as the "skip 

 stitch," which may be seen in some of the old Pima baskets. 

 The ordinary in-curve basket is found among the modern Pomos 

 of California, but is extremely rare among ancient peoples. 

 These baskets, although not as pretentious as the larger ones, 

 present a phase of the domestic life that appeals to the student, 

 because they are the receptacles for holding the little things 

 that are so common and yet so essential in the e very-day life. 



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