THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 



the tabic «.-asc in front of the wall case referred to, and will be 

 ribed 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 



sket Makers were found, but they are from the vessels 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- tor age. 

 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 he 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 i "Spanish bayonet " I 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 



ngthen the jar, and facilitated the carrying of such a vessel. 

 This form of jar is common throughout the greater part of the 



blp and Cliff Dweller country, and is a go< > 1 example of the 

 ware in which the coils have not been obliterate- 1 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 0ther 



igns are generally incised, and are either Forms 



or slight 'iis forming figures. In the of jar. 



former styles of decoration a yucca brush is used, while in the 

 latfc ne implement or stick or even the finger nail was 



enou 



ing of tl ntary pe >ple is intei 



ing enough to fill a bo<»k with instruct! but we must 



men >wn and pass on t< sandals: 



I plant furnished Material. 



: from which these sand lly were made. Some 



whi: I plant 



utilized En n the 



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