EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXVL 



Tlingit and Haida Basket-work. 



Fig. 180. Coiled Basket. Made by whipping a coil of rushes or small splints 

 with splints or birch bark to form the sides, which are built up on a 

 mat-like bottom. The foundation work is concealed beneath an imbri- 

 cation in loops of bark and straw sewed on with blind stitches. Col- 

 lected at Hoonyah, but the work belongs to the mainland and the 

 interior. Cat. No. 60235, U. S. N. M. Tinne Indians, Hoonyah, 

 Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. 



ii'ig. 181. Twined Basket. Of spruce-root. Geometric patterns worked on the 

 outside with colored spruce-root and dyed wild wheat straw. Cover 

 handle contains small pebbles to form a rattle. Method of twining 

 shown in Fig. 37&, Plate XII. Cat. No. 20715, U. S. N. M. Tlingit, 

 Alaska. Collected by James Q. Swan. 



Fig. 182. Twined Basket. Same style as Fig. 180. Cat. No. 78442, U. S. N. M. 

 Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 183. Twined Basket Mat. Of spruce-root. European pattern. Cat. No. 

 20727, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Sitka. Collected by James G. 

 Swan. 



Fig. 184. Twined Wallet. Cat. No. 1865, U. S. N. M. Chilkat Indians, Alaska. 

 Collected by W. F. Tolmie. 



