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object well adapted to its use, but is a part of the 
woman’s costume and therefore decorated as if it were 
a garment. The younger women are more particular 
about the ornamental characters of their kiaha than 
are the older women. 
The headbands and belts of the Pima and Papago 
are of the same sort found southward in western Mexico 
among the Huichol and among the Hopi and the 
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Pima Plaited Basket. 
Navajo to the north. They are woven on a special 
loom one end of which is attached to a tree or post and 
the other to the waist of the seated weaver. Wool is 
used in recent years for the weft of these belts, the 
warp being of cotton. 
The early Spanish accounts mention the growing of 
cotton and the weaving of cloth with which the Pima 
clothed themselves. Cotton was raised to some extent 
