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The Pima and Pai^a^o also made lar^e st()raj2;e baskets, 

 six feet or more in diameter. The foundation is a large 

 bundle of wheat straw coiled spirally, the coils being 

 bound together by frequent wrappings of tough bark 

 strands. These two tribes also make plaited baskets 



Papago Plaited Basket. 



and mats, using for the purpose the leaves of the sotol, 

 a yucca-like plant. In place of the carrying basket they 

 used a net made of agave fiber twine. This is stretched 

 on a frame of sticks which keeps it in proper form for 

 carrying on the back. 



Few basket-makers excel the Chemehuevi in the 

 technical perfection and pleasing decoration which 

 their baskets display. They resemble in a general 

 way the baskets of their neighbors. 



