. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 480 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1!H) this as tno most beautiful specimen in liis collection. The woman was three years at work on it, and it is at least 60 years old. The orna- mentation consists of dis- crete figures of five rec- tangles, thirteen men on the upper part, but chiefly of seven radial patterns ascending- to the mouth. Each is made up of a con- tinuous series of rectan- gular figures touching and by echelon. This pattern will
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 480 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1!H) this as tno most beautiful specimen in liis collection. The woman was three years at work on it, and it is at least 60 years old. The orna- mentation consists of dis- crete figures of five rec- tangles, thirteen men on the upper part, but chiefly of seven radial patterns ascending- to the mouth. Each is made up of a con- tinuous series of rectan- gular figures touching and by echelon. This pattern will be seen frequently, and the specimen may l)e taken as a type of that particular design. Fig. 172 is a grasshop- per basket of the Wikch- umni Indians (Mariposan family), in a style of tech- niqiu^. which may be called interrupted coiled work. The foundation is a small bundle of stems or shreds. The sewing consists in wrapping the foundation from five to ten tim(>s with the si)lint, and then catcliing this under one or two turns of the coil below in the form of stitches, the only bond which holds the fabric togetlier being these few stitches. Another example of this sort of interrupted work in North America is shown in Plate 120, ilhistrating basketry from the Eskimo of Hudson Bay. The existence of this type of bas- ketry in a restricted area among the Mariposan family raises interesting questions about the cause of its oc- currence here. The ornamentation consists in rows, hourglass patterns, and figures resembling the letters of the alphabet, don(» in })rown ma- terial, like cercis or fern stems. The detail of this interrupted work is well shown in fig. 173, where the wrapj)ing is plainly iUustrated, and also the methods of joining. By bringing the stitches one over Fig. 172. grasshopper basket. Wikchumni Indians, Californin. Cat. No. 2v>:,m. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readab
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