[11] BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



splints are turned up and set in other baskets, about a dozen in a 

 series, for twenty-four hours. 



They are then woven around with a fine splint and placed on a 

 revolving drum or form and filled up the required height and set in 

 the sun to dry for six hours. They are then shaken hard b}^ striking 

 the bottom on the floor, which causes the splints to settle tight together, 

 and prepared for the rim. They next proceed to fasten the handles to 

 the sides and put the rims or hoops on by fitting them into the notches 

 made in the handles and binding them tightly with fine splints. The 

 different styles are made by using different shaped drums and vari- 

 ously colored splints, the lat- 

 ter being done by dipping the 

 splints, before weaving, into 

 dyes. 



The more curiousl}^ made 

 baskets are those for the char- 

 coal and eelpots. 



The charcoal baskets are 

 shaped like a tray and are 

 carried on the head by the 

 coal carriers. 



The eelpots are used as traps 

 for catching eels. The wood 

 is prepared for them in the 

 same manner, and they are 

 made on a form about 40 

 inches long and in the shape 

 of a bottle minus the bottom, 

 and have a funnel arrange- 

 ment at either end which is 

 detachable. 



D. W r a])]) ed weft.- — 

 Wrapped basketry consists of 

 warp and weft. Examples of 

 this technic are to be seen in 

 America .at the present time among the Indians of southern Arizona, 

 the Mohaves, for their carrying frames (fig. 13). The warp extends 

 from the rigid hoop, which forms the top, to the bottom where the ele- 

 ments are made fast. The weft, usually of twine, is attached to one of 

 the corner or frame pieces at the bottom and is wrapped once around 

 each warp element. This process continues in a coil until the top of the 

 basket is reached. In some of its features this method resembles coil 

 work, but as a regular warp is employed and no needle is used in the 

 coiling, it belongs more to the woven series. This method of weav- 

 ing was employed by the mound builders of the Mississippi Valley. 



Fig. ]3. 



carrying-basket, wrapped weaving, used by the 



mohave indians of arizona. 



Cat. No. 2414.5. US.N.M. Collected by Edward Palmer. 



