SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 3, 1907 
Dear Doctor Meams : 
With, your last collection of delightful baskets 
is a little one, 8 inches long and three inches wide, 
that might have "been made to hold pens and things on 
a desk. It looks as though it were made of the ’bane 
pith” used in our day for all sorts of things-baby 
carriages, tables, baskets, and the like. But the 
end of each separate stem has a little hole in it, 
as though it belonged to the exogens; so, I have to 
give up my rattan theory and fall back on the inter¬ 
rogation point. Do you know someone who can tell me 
the material of which this dainty little wicker basket 
is made? It is a great help to us to get possession 
of the name of the material,-both the English and 
the native. 
With kindest regards and best wishes, I am. 
Very truly yours. 
' / 
Head Curator of Anthropology 
