[23] BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Fig. 35. 

 rod and welt coiled work. 



Kept. U.S.N.M. 1884. pi. 49. fig. 82. 



times the same as that with which the sewing is done; at others a strip 

 of leaf or bast. The stitches pass over the rod and strip which are on 

 top down under the welt only of the coil below, the stitches interlock- 

 ing. The strip of tough fiber between the two rods which serves for a 

 welt has a double purpose — strength- 

 ening the fabric and chinking the 

 space between the rods (fig. 31 E and 

 fig. 35). This style of coil work is 

 seen on old Zuni basket-jars and on 

 California examples. The type of 

 foundation passes easily into forms 

 (fig. 31) C, D, and F. 



F. Two rod and splint founda- 

 tion. — In this style the foundation is 

 made thicker and stronger by laying 

 two rods side by side and a splint or 

 welt on top to make the joint perfects 

 tight. Th e surface will be corrugated. 

 Tribes practicing this style of coil- 

 ing generall}^ have fine material and some of the best ware is so 

 made up. 



G. Three-rod foundation. — This is the type of foundation called by 

 Dr. J. W. Hudson ham-tsu-wu. Among the Pomo and other tribes in 

 the western part of the United States the most delicate pieces of bas- 

 ketry are in this style. Dr. Hudson calls them the '* jewels of coiled 



basketr5^" The surfaces are beau- 

 tifully corrugated, and patterns of 

 the most elaborate character can be 

 wrought on them. The technic is 

 as follows: Three or four small, uni- 

 form willow stems serve for the 

 foundation, as shown in fig. 36; also 

 in cross section in fig. 31 G. The 

 sewing, which may be in splints of 

 willow, black or white carex root, or 

 cercis stem, passes around the three 

 stems constituting the coil, under 

 the upper one of the bundle below, 

 the stitches interlocking. In some 

 examples this upper rod is re- 

 placed by a thin strip of material serving for a welt (see fig. 31 F). 

 In the California area the materials for basketry are of the finest qual- 

 ity. The willow stems and carex root are susceptible of division into 

 delicate filaments. Sewing done with these is most compact, and when 

 the stitches are pressed closely together the foundation does not 



Fig. 3(3. 

 foundation of three rods. 



