PLATE XXIV. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



Fig. 45. Coiled and pitched bottle of the Pai Utes, made of osier, by coiling the fun- 

 damental twigs in pairs and sewing with split osier always over the two 

 in hand and between the twigs of the preceding round. As this bottle is 

 to be covered with pitch either inside or out or on both sides, the sew- 

 ing is left very open. By having one twig large and the other very small 

 or by having a bunch of grass for the two twigs, a water tight joint is 

 produced by the swelling of the warp and weft. The bungling manner of 

 administering the stitches reminds one of the same type of ware among 

 the Eskimo. A great variety of form is given to these pitched bottles. 

 Collected in Southern Utah, by J. W. Powell, in 1874. Museum number, 

 11262. 



Fig. 46. One square inch of Fig. 46, showing the use of the double-twig coil. 



