. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGmAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 249 intorlock. Two (luito distinct stylos of foundation are usod, namely, hunches of splints tak(Mi from tlu' moi-e hrittle and i-ouuh interior of the cedar root, and two flat strips of the smooth layer on the outside of the root. The surface of the one will l)e rugose, of the other, flat and smooth. (See figs. 52, 53, and 54 and Plates i5(>-lt;i.) Fio-s. 44 and 45 represent a type of coiled work in vogue amo
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. ABORIGmAL AMERICAN BASKETRY. 249 intorlock. Two (luito distinct stylos of foundation are usod, namely, hunches of splints tak(Mi from tlu' moi-e hrittle and i-ouuh interior of the cedar root, and two flat strips of the smooth layer on the outside of the root. The surface of the one will l)e rugose, of the other, flat and smooth. (See figs. 52, 53, and 54 and Plates i5(>-lt;i.) Fio-s. 44 and 45 represent a type of coiled work in vogue among the Mescalero Apaches. As has been said previously, the Apache Indians, who live in the arid regions of Arizona, made the foundations of their coiled l)asketrY of hard rods. In various ti-ibes these rods are arranged in a foundation after difterent patterns. It will he seen by examining the drawing here given that three rods form tlu' basis of the coil. Thev are laid one on another in a vertical row. the. d Fig. 44. founpation of rods Mescalero Ai)iiehe Indians. stitches simply interlocking so that the greatest economy of work is ettected. It is not known that any othcu- tribe in America practices this peculiar arrangement of the foundation rods. This specimen, (Jat. No. 211941, in the U. S. National Museum, was collected by F. M. Covert. Plate 24 shows a style of coiled weaving called openwork. This specimen, in the collection of C. PI Rumsey, Riverside, California, is termed a grasshopper })asket, but it belongs to a type of technic that has a very wide distribution, and probably has nothing to do with holding live insects. The foundation is a bundle of shredded material or grass. The sewing is a splint of hard wood. This is wrapped a certain number of times around the foundation and then caught under the sewing of the coil underneath, the stitches interlocking. Perhaps a few bits of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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