HASKKTS. H27 



Worklliillisliii> ot these baskets, and tlie stateiiieiil llial one ol llieiii 

 came from the "gTeat river, south," I am well eoin ineed ilial iliey were 

 made by the Iiidiaus of the icjiioii between the Koyukuk and Silawik 

 Elvers, and vSoM by them to the Knwhnmiun. whcnee I hey coidd easily 

 find their way to Point Uairow throiinii tin' iiands of tiie •• Niinalan 

 miuu" traders. 



The Eskimo of Alaska south of Il.aini; Strait make and use Was 



kets of many ])atterns. bnt east of I'oint i'.arrow l)askets are exeeed 



in.i;ly rare. Tin' only mention of anytliin.u .if 



kind will he found in l.\(,ifs.loiunal.' lie 



tionsseein-al l.iiiuhk a -small roiin.l has- 



eoini.osed of -rass in jneeisely the same 



manner as those eonstrueted by the Tiblioo, in 



the southern i.art of Fe/./.an. and a-reein- with 



them also in its shape." Now, tliese Afrieaus 



nndie baskets of invcisely the same -.-oiled" 



w..rk (as I'rof .Mas,>n calls it) as th.'Tinne, so 



that in all laobability what L.von saw was one 



o|- these same baskets, earri.'d east in trade, 



oth.'r w.'stern .ibj.'.'ts alrea.ly r.'ferr.Ml t.). 



rhe name i'nna aiipiie.! t.. tlies.^ baskets at 



I'.iint Marrow (th.' other two names apix'ar to 



siiniil>' ■•bat;" or receptacle) corres])onds to 



• Cr.'enlan.lii- amat, the long thin runners 



111 the root of a tr.'.', "at present nse.l in tlie 



■ Kairopeanbasketwork," (b.'.-aus.' tli.'.\' had no 



s,, small)— Grvinhin.lske Ordli.i-. 



I'tkiavwin. is a peiMiliar bag, the only ■ of 



I.' sam.' purpose as the b.ixes and baskets Just 

 deserib.'.l. It is the stomach of a jiolar liear. with the mnseuhir and 

 glandular layers removed, dri. Ml and carefully worke.l down with a skin 

 scraiier into something lik.' g.il.U.eat.'r's skin. This makes a larg.', 

 n.'arly s]ili.'rical bag 7i in. -lies in diameter, ..f a pale brownish col.ir, 

 sott ami u I inkl.'.l. with" a mouth Cinches wi.le. A small li.ile has b.-en 

 mended by drawing the skin together and winding it round tightly on 

 the inside with sinew. 



