platp; XXVII. 



(Mason. Basket-work.) 



Fig. 50. Coiled basket bowl of the Coahuila Apaches. The coil is a bundle of yucca 

 or other fiber, and the sewing is done with splints of different natural 

 color, resembling reed cane, and with others dyed a beautiful chestnut 

 and black. The lovely cloudy effects produced by the ingenious use of 

 splints of different natural colors resemble those on the Moqui sacred 

 bread trays. The fastening off is simple coil sewing. The ornamentation 

 is a series of crosses arranged vertically, and four series of rhomboids 

 inclosing triangles. Collected in Southern California, by Dr. Edward 

 Palmer. Museum number, 21787. 



Fig. 51. One inch of Fig. 50, showing the multiple coil and the method of stitching. 



