THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 



the table case in front of the wall case referred to, and will be 

 described in detail in a future publication. 



The large jars on the upper shelf of the wall case containing 

 the baskets are from the caves in which some of the remains of the 

 Basket Makers were found, but they are from the vessels for 

 upper levels and are the work of the Cliff Dwellers. Cooking 

 Many were used as cooking vessels, but most of the and 



larger ones were receptacles for corn and other provis- Storage, 

 ions. Some of the jars still retain the corn and seeds that were 

 placed there by their original owners, while others are covered 

 with soot that shows the use made of them in the culinary 

 department. It will be noticed that most of the large jars have 

 rounded bottoms, necessitating a stand or base to keep them 

 in an upright position. The stand used was in the form of a ring 

 made either of yucca ("Spanish bayonet ") or cedar bark and one 

 of these may be seen attached to the base of a jar. It forms 

 part of a harness made of yucca leaves, which also served to 

 strengthen the jar, and facilitated the carrying of such a vessel. 

 This form of jar is common throughout the greater part of the 

 Pueblo and Cliff Dweller country, and is a good example of the 

 ware in which the coils have not been obliterated by smoothing. 



The bottle-necked olla and a bowl are shown as examples 

 of another form. In these the surface has been smoothed and 

 ornamented with painted designs. In the corrugated Other 

 jars, the designs are generally incised, and are either Forms 

 lines or slight depressions forming figures. In the of J ar - 

 former styles of decoration a yucca brush is used, while in the 

 latter a bone implement or stick or even the finger nail was 

 enough to give the desired effect. 



The foot covering of the ancient sedentary people is interest- 

 ing enough to fill a book with instructive text, but we must 

 merely glance at that here shown and pass on to the Sandals: 

 great collection of baskets. The yucca plant furnished Material. 

 the material from which these sandals usually were made. Some 

 were plaited from the split leaves of ttfe broad-leaved species, 

 while for others the entire leaf of the narrow-leaved plant was 

 utilized. In making the sandals the progression was from the 



