THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 
the table case in front of the wall case referred to, and will be 
described in detail in a future publication. 
The large jars on the upper shelf of the wall case containing 
the baskets are from the caves in which some of the remains of the 
Basket Makers were found, but they are from the you, for 
upper levels and are the work of the Cliff Dwellers. Cooking 
Many were used as cooking vessels, but most of the and 
larger ones were receptacles for corn and other provis-  StoF#8®- 
ions. Some of the jars still retain the corn and seeds that were 
placed there by their original owners, while others are covered 
with soot that shows the use made of them in the culinary 
department. It will be noticed that most of the large jars have 
rounded bottoms, necessitating a stand or base to keep them 
in an upright position. The stand used was in the form of a ring 
made either of yucca (‘‘Spanish bayonet’’) or cedar bark and one 
of these may be seen attached to the base of a jar. It forms 
part of a harness made of yucca leaves, which also served to 
strengthen the jar, and facilitated the carrying of such a vessel. 
This form of jar is common throughout the greater part of the 
Pueblo and Cliff Dweller country, and is a good example of the 
ware in which the coils have not been obliterated by smoothing. 
The bottle-necked olla and a bowl are shown as examples 
of another form. In these the surface has been smoothed and 
ornamented with painted designs. In the corrugated Other 
jars, the designs are generally incised, and are either Forms 
lines or slight depressions forming figures. In the of Jar. 
former styles of decoration a yucca brush is used, while in the 
latter a bone implement or stick or even the finger nail was 
enough to give the desired effect. 
The foot covering of the ancient sedentary people is interest- 
ing enough to fill a book with instructive text, but we must 
merely glance at that here shown and pass on to the Sandals: 
great collection of baskets. The yucca plant furnished Material. 
the material from which these sandals usually were made. Some 
were plaited from the split leaves of the broad-leaved species, 
while for others the entire leaf of the narrow-leaved plant was 
utilized. In making the sandals the progression was from the 
