New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

has corucred about everything that has escaped the
rrowiins cor''9r, @d1 ," Student Of 6askeiry
viii ,ol YOU and rightly. ihat the v"'l, Tl a ara nr
,uih.niIc- nat IT, II they have been long tlme
IN u.s.. and were secured at FIRST hand IN th' Ia,
nous Iow-ii collection all IN" baskets hAN' st E,
..r,ir. and the greater part of them nav" thll
beautiful. "ld mellow ln' ,n"i on no Mr. Icwctt
has refused 500 for these unique decorations u
The To ,skets are the work OF t%rn,g-' iend
din.r,ri Indian tribes the best work being done
rs The Modoc the rular" and th. hGn1, ins
IT.. Modoc basket leading. with tn" i"''r" ''oS0
SECOND. ., DO, ,.bicb
Among ihem is nISk k,6r w oG
rnn lain 10 o." AZ least on" h'innr'u !eIt tS ga
Sine. ih. indian woman OF whom II was pur.nns'd
T. ,,s no sirnpe matter TO sccur" this heirloom
for IN. s.ntm.ii AN Indian has In her uncommunif
,hn.. relics 81 Ter own or her forcmo'h"rS skill.
Iut IN" collector who Il wise IN hiS J reo
not easily accept defeat. and attcr proonE"ur 81
u,tions n change 81 ownership + G"n'raI'y 81
with infinite care and patience the Indian woman
u',,... M. flexible iWigs Of tro"s or the stems "l
reeds and the long grass s,nk h.a,,, me ~ H. count.
Inc her stitches 50 carefully that seldom does the
d"coraiivc pattern fail to Join properly There arr
,-,,.,t,.iiv Int two kinds Of weaving. the hori-
zontal ana the upright. Being aihirst Tor "iVr @
~ an inch tina, I might thereby get At the siounl
plan and Specifications 50 10 spcak me "rh' dns
in number used as "hiliug. were punched ana
carried round and round row on row n'ins rtt,,
Wis. Of the basket. Beginning at the bottom OF
The basket noted how AZ ne oosc 'n1 h wa" 'a
carried over and under the horizontal siranis tach
stitch being dovea'd 10 ,hr i9~.r row o' S''''
The Fol River Indians wcaye me double r on: ''If
siiGh ling ,, 9'' ,n Nv" iop Sai waving
I, is easier for the weaver TO widen IN" basket
,,,. rrs, IL accomplished by widening IN" siitch
as in crotchcl work while the narrowing Is done
~ r s,itrhcs or coils to the inch * coarse wcav-
ln fesn ,ches to ,he nGn Il rs'k SsheH to
tho inch I'm the Campbell colr'tlol' u .nr M
;,si like and yet oftcntmes there IS a similarity
y, ,t,orn This Is not to bc wondered at when II
n,,,mrns drawn hy Damc Nature. You can trace
the lightning zgzaG iiash on ,iS ~ h omond
back rattl.snakc Figures OF anlnis- a 49, any ~
hear are sometimes copied. ana also the hs"reS Vi
Tskes range In size all the way from the trinket
basket no bigger man yu nmcns reccpclo for the
storing OF grain with capacity OF nall ION. ai
nr' INV woven nest for the pappoose the largc
piacqic-shapcd basket on which the ndianS g ailai
Win br,a Ctar) into which wamprm Is presS'i rne
queer conical basket in which purn.nS ar, ho hsa
IN cnrrylng burdens: the bottc,ncck basket pc
loved Of connCssers me n WITCH corn is poured
and ground with pcstlc; baskets thAt .erv" as
iad, c.n bowl shaped baskets IN which water
I a. hrni.d FOR cooking 10y the throwing In OF hot
stT ph sr bnskcts those rough service
made Of split twigs for greater s,i'ng,n, Nv, re
Hack brown or red To obtain black me WeaV ot
soaks the stems in TTe msmob %'"'' '00' " Wv
The ntcrwcaving Of feathers and beads , WIN tne
grasses comparatively T rccI Kinds Of feathers en-
Moved in decora tion-thos" OF the t.ai uuCh, We
Wild canary and the .a With rows Of VAN
pun and wampum pendants three erhn,s -. ,ha,
!mnncy'' being used Frequently me ieatners una,
grow on the heads of quail are to be f9 , , on
feather baskets used IN c9hn", ,u "odnecker
Number of birds must OF necessity be slaughtered
70 furnish the covering Tor even Sn nnmn,ed one
and ON basket Of medium size .oum.eu CIV, -,
hundred tufts" representing Just that hummer vi
qIidl nu rho weaver managed TO catch the end OF
the minute feather under the stitch fastem I,t m
firmly in place how ; d with never loose end
~, civn ccw to the secret how she fashioned the
In b.ads of shell: above ALL how she could attain
s, I'm u"rf.ction I'm her weaving with nothing save
rude bone needle 10 ana IN" "p Thar have not vet
9TH The Modoc indian wovc the finest basket but the
collector who has not already secured on. on IT, H.
,rnns,res will doubtless h. Obliged to content MN
with Tare hask"tppann n o nnp n,s e"
California gnS h" az a spr to c smd
beside one OF common delft, -,.. IT. u.,,o
for her skiil in basket weaving; IT was so TO speak
her dowry But the art that was hnnds ang COW" W
becoming a lost one. since the latterday genera
will take up the can viii hold
food or drink quite well as basket the shaping
of which requires many hours OF patient labor.
T,nn TOO the materials Of which the fnc baskets
.nrn roodoNhe reeds and grasses that grow along
\ the shores OF streams on unbroken ground-wlth
H. ..set,lng up' OF ne country, have been we'll
righ rooted out OF existence. The Wild CROWNS
n,irht he coaxed back TO their native banks but
ihere is no such thing coaxing the indoent
| Young Indian OF this New Woman era to emulate
her grandam's housewifely accomplishments.
As the only feasible planmthat Of having the In n
| dian children I'm the Government schools taught TO
weave-has / believe. been tried with very indlf-
ferent success chances are that few years hence
good baskets will be as unattainabA as the Kohl
moor.