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and coiled work, which they practice in common wit' 



and blood kindred, the 1 



they have somewhere learned the art of making true wicker-work. 



(Fig. 16.) This is indeed rare west of * . f Mountains. 1 



mens are here figured, t nd holding over a bushel, the 



other tine and having acity of a peck. them a: 



by means of a head-band. The wicker is based on 



in bunches of t" made up of twigs 



alternately over and under the warp. In fact, it i 



to call the bent twigs the warp, because they j 1 and 



r ; '. r . : r . 



- . : : - 



(Cat-Re.:. ■. CufctfB J kg- Major J. W. PowgO. ) 



lowered as if with ss, while the straight twigs 



along the op- » weaving: The 



method of fas aown in the detail of the 



Boarser pattern. - : and 



Hi , but tl try of this i egion belongs 



dally to the Shoshoni stock. Bar: 



going on all the lit to follow tribal rhirar 

 un d er sn eh ei: c an st B i 



The Zahiandm :le pueblos axe famous tor their 

 .en and _ sh them- 

 selves, es] 'eh the; : 

 paid other burdens a the ring : burden- 

 I gs I . _ - - ten 

 by wrapping a bundle of soft bast ring, as in the top 



