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ARTIFACTS 



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Minor Types 



Rectangular trinket baskets (fifj. 6S, a) are made of ag;ave leaves, 

 but nearlj' all are obtained from the Papagos, as the Pima women 

 seldom make them. They are deeper than broad, somewhat enlarged 

 at the bottom, and are provided with lids." They are of the twined 

 style of weaving. At a distance 

 of 1 cm. from the interior margin 

 of the lid the warp splints (so 

 termed for the sake of clearness 

 in description — they are exactly 

 like the weft) are cut and the 

 ends show on the inside of the 

 lid. The weft is cbntmued to 

 the margin, turned back on it- 

 self at right angles to form what 

 looks like a separate ring around 

 the lid; at a height of 5 or 6 cm. 

 it is again folded in and the ends 

 of the splints are cut about 1 

 cm. from the last fold, so as to 

 be concealed from view. 



"Medicine" baskets (fig. 68, b) 

 are of the same material and 

 style of weaving as the trinket baskets. They have a characteristic 

 shape — long, square cornered, with rounded margin. They are made 

 in two nearly equal parts, one of which slips over the other as a lid.'' 



Fig. 08. n. Trinket basket. 



Fig. 08, 6. Modirine basket. 



Food bowls of remarkably fine workmansliip and graceful shape 

 were carried by warriors on the warpath. They were used to mix 



a The collection contains a specimen of average size, which measures 19 cm. in height, 17 by 18 cm. at 

 the base, and 10 cm. square at the top. 



& The collection contains one very old medicine basket which is 29 cm. long, 10 cm. wide, and 9 cm. 

 deep. 



26 ETH— OS 12 



