FROM CARD: "MATERIAL, PREPARED ROOT OF CIKO, SALIX SITCHENSIS, AND BARK OF SHOOTS OF MULE, CERCIS, OCCIDENTALIS." 203,345 A. COILED BASKET BOWL OF THE GATEL INDIANS (KULANAPAN STOCK). MADE FROM THE PREPARED ROOT OF CHIKO, OR SITKA WILLOW (SALIX SITCHENSIS), AND SHOOTS OF MULE, OR REDBUD (CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS), IN A STYLE OF WEAVING CALLED TSAI, IN WHICH A SINGLE ROD FORMS THE COIL. THE SEWING PASSES OVER THIS ROD AND UNDER THE PRECEDING ONE, INTERLOCKING WITH THE STITCHES UNDERNEATH. THE ORNAMENTATION IS FORMED OF REDBUD SPLINTS. USED FOR HOLDING ROOTS AND BULBS. DIAMETER, 13 1/2 INCHES. RUSSIAN RIVER, MENDOCINO CO., CALIFORNIA, 1891. 203,345. FROM THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY DR. J. W. HUDSON. 203,345 B. BASKET JAR OF THE PIMA INDIANS (PIMAN STOCK). MADE FROM SPLIT WILLOW, IN A STYLE OF COILED WEAVING WHEREIN THE BODY OR FOUNDATION IS MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF SPLINTS. THESE ARE SEWED TOGETHER BY A CONTINUOUS WHIPPING, BUT THE STITCHES ARE FROM ONE-FOURTH TO ONE-HALF INCH APART. EACH ONE GOES OVER THE FOUNDATION BUNDLE, LOCKS IN THE STITCH UNDERNEATH, AND PASSES THROUGH ONE OR TWO OF THE UPPER SPLINTS IN THE BUNDLE BELOW. THIS STYLE OF SEWING IS UNIQUE IN THAT. CONT. SEE CARD.
