THE VILLAGE DWELLERS. 127 
CLOTHING. 
One article of the clothing of the Pima and Papago 
sets them off from practically all other Indians within 
the confines of the United States. Sandals clearly be- 
long to the south. They are worn in South and Central 
America and in Mexico. The Pima and Papago wear in 
summer a sandal of thick rawhide. ‘The prehistoric 
peoples of the Southwest wore sandals of woven leaves 
and fiber, as has been noted above, but their use has 
been retained by none of the other present-day inhabi- 
tants of this region. When going abroad for a consider- 
able distance, moccasins are substituted for sandals 
which give less protection to the feet in this thorn beset 
country. The men until recently wore during the 
greater part of the year only these sandals and a small 
breech-cloth of cotton. In cold weather a deerskin 
shirt and a cotton blanket or a robe of woven rabbit 
skins was added. The women throughout the year wear 
a cotton blanket girded around the waist and falling 
to the knees. In winter all but the recent widows pull 
the folds of these blankets over their shoulders. 
BASKETRY. 
A variety of textile processes is employed by the 
Pima and Papago. Plaiting, which, as has been meén- 
tioned above, was employed by the prehistoric peoples 
and is still known to the pueblo peoples, is used in the 
manufacture of mats and a certain class of baskets. 
This plaiting is diagonal and for mats is done with the 
leaves of a reed. The rectangular covered baskets 
used to hold trinkets and medicine outfits are made 
chiefly by the Papago women who employ agave leaves. 
The greater number of the baskets, however, are sewed 
on a coiled foundation. In general appearance these 
