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ARTIFACTS 



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(fie. 69, a). Tliey liiiv<' been sumilantod by a wire sieve" made by 

 building: a coiled basket rim around a j^iece of wire netting that has a 

 mesh of 1 mm. ((ig. 69, h).'' 



Bird traps, house doors, shelves, bird cages, and the like verge 

 upon basketry, but these have all been described in connection witli 

 otlier objects oi wood. 



The hoods of cradles (described on p. lO.S) must be included in the 

 list of articles of basketry in use by tliis jjeople. They are of willow 

 bark cut into strips about 5 mm. wide and woven in the simplest 

 checker style. They are light and flexible, and thus l)etter adapted 

 for their purpose than if made of willow and devil's-claw s]ilints. 

 At tlie bottom of this hood or shield the strips are gatliered into two 

 wrapped bundles, which 

 slip into )>lace on each side 

 of the first transverse bar 

 beneath the baby's head 

 The convexity of the rolls 

 prevents the hood froni 

 slipping past the bur and 

 the weight upon tlieni in- 

 sures stability, while at 

 the same time the hood 

 may be readily detached. 



Sleeping Mats 



Mats were formerly niad(> 

 by the Pimas of the cane, 

 Phragmitis communis, that 

 grew in abundance along 

 the Clila until the water 

 supply became too scant 

 for the maintenance of this plant. They are now made of agave 

 leaves by the Papagos, who barter them to the Pimas (fig. 70). 

 They are woven in a diagonal pattern, each splint passhig under 

 tliree others before appearing agaui, and the wrong side being rough."^ 

 The splints are softened by soakuig at the time of weaving and 

 become somewhat stifi' wJieii dried. The warp and woof are alike, 



o Twenty-six cm. in diameter at the tcip and 22 at tlie bottom. There are 7 coils in the rim, maldng 

 it 4 cm. deep. 



!> The willow sieve in the collection was made on request by Sala 1 1 imi . us t here a re now none of the old 

 style to lie found. It is 3Jcm. long, the ends of the rods proji>cting3ci]i. heyond the hoop to form a sort 

 of handle. The hoop is 2(1 cm. wide. There are 4 cross-tnisted strands to hold the rods in place. The 

 willow rods are 2 mm. apart and 2 mm. in dijiineter. 



c Fig. 71 shows the detail of this, with the ends of the spliTits that have been doubled back.showijig 

 at a. a. a. Thus the warj) splints continue as such to the margin and double back to o as weft. The 

 under or what may be called weft splints, similarly treated, appear in the figure at b, b, b. The length 

 of the mat collected is 2.100 m.; width, 1.4K0 in. 



Fig. T1. Detail of sleeping mat. 



