56 INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 
ing was largely made of strips of fur attached to a net of 
fabric. While it is to be presumed that they had pottery 
of some sort for the cooking of corn, none has been found 
which is so definitely connected with their burials as to 
leave no doubt in the matter. They made, however, 
very excellent basketry. This was coiled or sewed, very 
similar to that found in the community houses. The 
coiled foundation consists of two peeled twigs placed 
Sandals of the Basket Makers. 
side by side and a small bundle of fibers placed between 
and above them. The stitches of the sewing material 
do not interlock. The. designs upon these baskets, in 
black or brown, are of the geometrical sort usually 
found on basketry. The sandals are often very well 
made with a pile-like padding on the bottom, and are 
distinguished from those of the stone-house people by 
their square toes. 
The Basket Makers possessed a dart hurling device. 
known as an atlatl. The contrivance produces the result 
of considerably increasing the leverage of the arm. 
