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String skirt (pl. 66, a)—The specimen consists of a waist cord to 
which is attached a pendent fringe like a small apron; it is incom- 
plete. The waist cord is a two-strand hair rope, each strand made 
up of six two-strand hair strings; over it are looped the fine brown 
apocynum (?) strings of the fringe. Each of these is about one 
thirty-second inch in diameter and averages 32 to 36 twists to the 
inch. They are gathered in bundles of about 300 and held in place 
close under the waist cord by a double twined weaving of hair 
string. The length of the fringe is approximately 12 inches. Still 
attached to the waist cord are five bundles, and it seems as if there 
had once been at least four more. A conservative estimate allows 
300 12-inch strings to the bundle and counts nine bundles. This 
gives 2,700 feet of string, and as each string is two-stranded, a total 
length of 5,400 feet of the filament. When it is considered that the 
necessary fiber had to be extracted from its parent leaves or stalks, 
sorted, cleaned, combed, and twisted, it can be realized what a vast 
amount of labor was put into this garment. 
Although the present specimen was not found in place on a body, 
its identification as a skirt is made certain by the finding of frag- 
ments of a similar one at the waist of the young female “ mummy ” 
in Cist 16, Cave I. Bundles of string, not, however, attached to a 
waist cord, lay in the lap of an infant “mummy ” (pl. 66, 6). 
Tasseled sash (A-2185, Cave I).—A length of only about 14 
inches remains. The piece consists of 36 yucca strings held together 
in a flat band 34 inches wide by a continuous back-and-forth weaving 
of two twined strings. At the remaining finished end (the other is 
missing) the strings are gathered into two tapering braids, knotted at 
their terminations. 
“ Gee-string” (?) (A-2310, Cave I).—This specimen is a soft, 
loose cord made by twisting together 30 thin strings of fine, gray, 
animal wool (species not determinable). It is about half an inch 
in diameter and a little less than 7 feet long. The two ends are 
provided with small tie strings. 
FOOTGEAR 
No leggings or moccasins were recovered, but sandals were found 
in considerable quantities—loose in the débris of occupancy, tied 
together in pairs and deposited in the cists as mortuary offerings, and 
still in place on the feet of “mummies.” <A classification follows: 
Type I: Yucca leaf. Tyres III: Cord. 
a, Whole leaf. a, Plain sole. 
b, Crushed leaf. b, Reinforced sole. 
Tyrer II: Cedar bark. Tree IV: Hide. 
