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tered or kept for some time Ix'fore beiiifj made iiit(» the nets of con- 

 ventional pattern (ficr. 63)." 



After the net has been bound to tlie lioop by a spirally wound cord 

 that completely covers the latter, it is colored with red and blue dyes 

 in sucli a manner as to emphasize the outlines of the pattern. 



Majjuev iihcv, or horsehair, may be used for the cord w hich extends 

 from the headband to the frame. It is about 8 mm. in diameter. 

 Wlien of mague^y, it is often so well made as to pass readily for 

 machine-made cordaoje imtil we examine it closely.'' 



Fig. tiO. Storage baskets. 



Storage Haskets 



The use of large baskets made especially for storing grain and ot-lier 

 supplies was widespread in America. They were and are yet of the 

 highest utility to the Pimas, who have raised an abundance of com 

 and later of wheat to supjily all their o\\^l needs and more. Two 

 types prevail: A circular bin of arrow bush covered with buslies and 

 earth (fig. 66), and a globular basket of wheat straw built up by 

 coiling (fig. 67). 



<• For detail of the wea\'lng see Mason's Origins of Primitive Culture, 251: also Report National 

 Museum, 1S94, 471, where Professor Mason makes the statement that the kiaha net, worked in what 

 is "commonly called the Ijuttonhole or half-hitch stitch, finds its most northern extension among the 

 Piman stock. Nowhere in the Pueblo tribes is it found, iUMJording to the collections in the U. S. Naticmal 

 Museum. But south of the Piraan it occurs in Centnil .\merica. in Latin South .\mericii as far south 

 as Tierradel Fuego, where it will be found to be the only attempt at textiles." This is another link in 

 the chain of evidence that separates the Pimas from the Ilohoknm and other Pueblo peoples. 



f' The collection contains an old woman's kiiihil. the foresticks of which are 1.. '540 m. hmgandacm. in 

 diamc*er at the butt. The shorter .sticks are 70 cm. long. The hoop is 05 cm. in diameter. The apron 

 is .W cm. long by 2.S cm. wide. The headlumd is 35 em. long and K cm. wide. The accompanjlng 

 helping stick is 1.90 ra. long and 22 mm. in diameter; the notch is 6 cm. long and .IS em. wide at the 

 op<'ning. 



