PLATE XXI. 



(Mason. Basket- work.) 



Fig. 40. Twined basket hat of the Utes, used by women either as a hat or as a basket. 

 The California women make hats of a similar pattern, but much finer. 

 The warp twigs converge at the bottom and additional ones are added as 

 the texture widens. The weft splints are carried around in pairs and 

 twined so as to inclose a pair of vertical twigs, producing a twilled effect 

 something like that of the softer ware of the Haidas and Clallams. The 

 border of this twined basket is very ingeniously made. First, the project- 

 ing warp sticks were bent down and whipped with splints to form the body 

 of the rim. Then with two splints the weaver sewed along the upper mar- 

 gin, catching these splints alternately into the warp straws below, giving 

 the work the appearance of a button-hole stitch. The ornamentation is 

 produced by means of dyed twigs either alone or combined with those of 

 natural color. The texture of this ware is always coarse and rigid owing 

 to the lack of good material in this arid region. Collected in Southern 

 Utah, by J. W. Powell. Museum number, 11838. 



FiQ. 41. One square inch of Fig. 40, showing method of weaving and administering 

 the colored splints. 



