INDIAN BASKETRY: With 360 Illustrations by George Wharton James

Author:George Wharton James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Privately printed forthe author
Published: 1902-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

FIGS. 193. 194, 195. ''

CONICAL CARRYING BASKET WITH RODS AND PLAITED HEAD BAND

that a number of small objects could be confined in a large basket and thus carried to and fro with ease. Its use tor this purpose is world-wide. Fig. 185 shows a wicker carrying basket, used in the oriental kingdom of Siam. It consists of a pole and two baskets. Each end of the pole pierces a basket from side to side, holes having been provided for this purpose. The material of this structure is split rattan done in wicker work. Cords are provided for packing the load and blocks of wood are attached to the bottom of each basket to protect the weaving. Figs. 186 and 187, at the bottom of the larger engraving, show how ''■? bearer carries the two baskets, and also the simple weave of the wicker work.

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Of a style somewhat similiar in shape and general construction to carrying baskets of the Hopi and Zunis, though of much finer workmanship is the old carrying basket of the Arikaras, (Fig. i88). These Indians live in Dakota and are of the Panian or Caddoan stock. The basket is quadrilateral, widest on the top and longer than wide. Four bent poles constitute the frame, each one forming the basis of a side or end. The end ones, much like ox-yoke bows, project below the others to form a rest for the basket. At the top the ends of the poles are held in place by means of a loop. The weaving is diagonal in narrow strips of birch and other tough iiark, varying in color, and the method of producing the wavy design is revealed in Fig. i8g.

Fig, 190 is a form of carrying basket quite common among the Choctaw Indians of Louisiania. It is a hamper holding a bushel or

Fia. 399. Forehead Fad Worn ay the Hupa (Athapascan) Indiana ot California.

more, wider at top than at bottom. It is made of the common cane, split and woven by diagonal weaving, as shown in Figs. 191 and 192, the universal method among the Southern tribes of the United States upon all baskets whatever. The head band of leather is attached to the sides of the basket.

Fig. 193 is a conical carrying basket used by the Clallam Indians at Pyramid Lake, Nevada. It shows how the savage inventor converted the soft wallet of the north into the hard cone of the south. The web of the basket is from rushes united by twine weaving, by braiding, and by the plaiting of a single filament, as shown in Figs. 194 and 195. This soft, open net-work is converted into a light but strong cone by the insertion of a hoop into the top and the fixing of six vertical rods at the

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hoop at equal distances, uniting their ends at the bottom of the cone, and sewing them to the texture of the wallet inside.

Fig. 196 is a burden basket used by the McCloud River Indians of Shasta Co., California.

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