THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



dians— Eastern and Western Apache, Navajo, Pima, Pa- 

 pago and several tribes of Californian Indians— on the 

 right, and those from the Sedentary peoples— those living 

 or who lived in pueblos, caves and cliff dwellings— on the 

 left. 



The Eastern Apache, having no fixed habitations, gen- 

 erally lived in buffalo-skin or canvas-covered tipis. Trav- 

 eling from place to place in search of game, they trans- 

 ported only such material as was not easily broken; thus, 

 the visitor will find but few examples of pottery from these 

 tribes. Such as they did make is noted for its durability, 

 but is lacking in decoration. Their basketry, on the con- 

 trary, is well represented. That from the Jicarilla has a 

 foundation of twigs of sumach or willow. They employed 

 vegetable dyes made from the root bark of the mountain 

 mahogany, which gives red, and the root of the barberry, 

 which gives yellow. At the present time they generally 

 use aniline dyes. The Mescalero Apache, on the contrary, 

 choose the leaves of the narrow-leaved yucca plant in dif- 

 ferent stages of ripeness and dryness and compose artistic 

 schemes without the use of dyes. Both tribes weave geo- 

 metrical designs in triangles, rectangles and bands, repre- 

 senting certain objects such as mountains, houses, trails, 

 gates, etc. Their basketry water bottles are coated inside 

 with pinon pitch, which renders the vessel water-tight. Be- 

 sides basketry there are exhibited other specimens illus- 

 trating their daily life. 



The Western Apache lived in thatched houses; they 



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