Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-29

expensive. You can spend as much az you
please on this curious Indian shell money.
as every tribe had its own coinage and
there Is q great variety. The most of IL IL.
shell. from an eighth to a quarter OF an
inch in diameter. strung through hole In
the center and separated at intervals by
bits OF turquoise or anthracite.
To Invite Repose.
A medicine mask. hung at the head of
your couch, might invite repose. These are
also becoming as rare as they are hideous.
with their Medusa-like cast of countenance,
horrible rolling lips. wild eyes and long.
streaming hair from enemys scalp.
There are also dainty sauaw caps. buck
skin leggins and moccasins. embroidered
with dyed porcupine quilts and colored
beads Other pleasing ornaments are calti-
mite peace pipes. hand-carved and painted
canes OF horribly murderous short. thick
variety. and various kinds of bead and
porcupine quill work in pouches. head orna-
ments, knife sheaths, amulet bags and
belts. These bead belts are simple and
easily made. tiny loom and outfit. in
Guiding a book of designs and Instructions
can be purchased from any of the Indian
goods stores
A Horror Table
On table covered with painted leather
or cloth of Mexican drawn work may be
gathered collection of horned toads. ia
rantulas. trapdoor spiders and centipeds,
mounted toserve as paper weights: curiously
decorated water bottles and pottery from
the Maricopa. Zuni and Moqui tribes: quaint
Pueblo Idols made of clay, representing
gods of rain. plenty. peace and pain with
hideous. distorted faces: paper weights in
Mexican onyx.
Heads of chiefs in war paint and feathers
on whole sheepskins may be tackled up
around the wall with excellent decorative
Of Ant ny>I
ferent tribes may be scattered about with
as much profusion as the purse allows. The
most beautiful of these baskets are made
by the Moqui or Hopi tribes These Indians
nve on the butteS of northern Arizona. and
the beauty of coloring and symbolism Of
their baskets outrival all the other tribes.
Their large ceremonial baskets make i'm
posing ornaments Then there are Hoopa
acorn baskets: Pomo. klamath. Shasta
Shoshone. Apache. Pima and host of
others, not emitting the sweet grass and
spiint baskets of the northern Indian. The
latter baskets are easily woven and the
materials also be obtained from the
Indian goods stores. Indeed. the making
OF these baskets, as well some of the
more difficult kinds. has become quite a
rad There is no difficulty in making them
II a book of instructions is obtained and in
some places classes are formed for teach
ing the art.
Ornamental Touches.
The little birch bark canoes, baskets and
boxes are both pretty and ornamental,
Some of these fashioned by the northern
Indians are worked with porcupine quilts in
red. blue. green. purple and white in queer
artistic designs. Among the most highly
priced treasures of my childhood was lit
tie work box made from the brown inner
bark of the birch. embroidered thickly with
porcupine quill work in bright colors, espe-
cially the cover. which had strong hinges
of the quilts. l have seen. too, ornamental
toboggans. SnowshoeS and other articles of
a similar make.
A corner shelf to hold some of the smaller
things may be covered with a piece of
sheepskin, with Slashed fringe hanging
from ii and feStooned with one of the neck
laces made of black hawks beaks tipped
with vermillion and strung with large beads
alternating with the beaks Or perhaps you
would prefer necklace of buffaloes' teeth
stained red and strung also with beads be
tween. The gory-lOoking teeth have dis
agreeably human appearance and in these
days when the necklace holds dominion one
can imagine the sensation an up-to-dat
and faddish dame would make should size
appear with one of them depending from
her fair neck
A corner furnished IN this way might not
be cheap one. but it would be very odd
and interesting.