THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 
the outer coil. From this point to the end of the coil is a little 
more than an inch, and the finishing half of this portion is done 
in the ‘‘ herring-bone stitch.” 
Inasmuch as all the other baskets on the shelves are of the 
same form and general workmanship as those already described, 
Sifter we will pass on to those on the floor of the case. Here 
Baskets. we find a type, shown on page 17, which is unusually 
interesting. It is a sifter basket of the single-stick variety and 
the weave is very peculiar. The basket is nine and one-half 
inches in diameter and two inches deep. The fact that it is a 
coiled basket makes it doubly worthy of notice. Sifter baskets 
are found among the Apaches, Pimas, Pah Utes and Pomas of 
the present day, which are, however, of the bam tush weave. 
Open-stitch work is seen to-day among the Klikatats of Wash- 
ington and in the Attu baskets of the Aleutian islands. This 
basket is made of willow and is well preserved. It is not dec- 
orated, but the stitch is a peculiar one and therefore lends a 
charm that claims our attention. An examination of the spec- 
imen, or even of the photograph, will serve to give a better idea 
of the structure than could be gathered from a description. 
While considering the large baskets it may be well to ex- 
amine those collected by McLoyd and Graham and then return 
to the smaller specimens in the Wetherill collection. 
THE McLoyp AND GRAHAM COLLECTION. 
The McLoyd and Graham collection occupies the southern 
half of the large case. The first specimen to be considered is the 
second one from the right on the first, or bottom, shelf, and it 
is probably the most beautiful example of pre-Columbian basket- 
work in existence. The basket is of the three-stick weave, with 
flat bottom and flaring sides, and is seventeen and one-half 
inches in diameter and five inches in depth. The highly orna- 
mental geometrical design, in black and dull reddish ‘brown, 
is illustrated on page 19. This basket, like many others, was 
found buried with the body of a child which had been wrapped 
in fur-cloth and deerskins. From the esthetic standpoint, this 
basket is a treasure, and its utilitarian value must have been 
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