THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. 



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colored wild wheat straws are used in this relief ornamentation. The 



borders at the top of the baskets are 

 formed by turning under the warp 

 threads and cutting them off. Cir- 

 cular covers, likewise ornamented, 

 are fitted to baskets of the type of 

 Figs. 181 and 182. These frequently 

 have an ingeniously woven compart- 

 ment in the top in which small peb- 

 bles are enclosed, and which rattle 

 when shaken. Fig. 187 illustrates 

 the method of making this style of 

 basket amongst the Haida, taken 

 from a sketch in Professor Mason's 



Fig. 187. 

 Haida Basket, Set Up. 



(Cat. No. 889.'J6, U. S. N. M. I 

 Charlotte Island, B. C. Colle 



[assett Imlinns. Queen 

 ;ted by Jas. G. Swan.) 



Fig. 188. 

 Details of Fig. 187. 



article on "Aboriginal Basket-work" 

 already referred to. Of it he says: 

 The method of manufacture of Haida 

 twined basketry as shown by Mr. J. G. Swan 

 in a specimen collected expressly for the 

 National Museum (Fig. 187, No. 88956. 

 Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, British 

 Columbia). Mr, Swan says: " This style 

 of making baskets differs from that of 

 Cape Flattery. There the women sit on 

 the ground and weave baskets and mats, 

 both of which rest on the ground. With 

 the Haidas the mats are suspended on a 

 frame and the baskets supported on a stick 

 as in the figure. The black color of the 

 spruce root used in making ornamental 

 patterns is produced by soaking it in the 

 mud. Fig, 188 shows the bottom of the 

 basket made by the twining process. The 

 border of the bottom is marked off by a 

 row of double weaving or a twine built 

 outside the body of the basket."* 



Smithsonian Report, 1884, Part il, p. 297. Aboriginal Basket-work, Mason, 



