FROM CARD: "PLAIN. ONE (1) ILLUS: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 8A, PG. 241." FROM CARD: "174528A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. BASKETS.-TWO CLOSELY-WOVEN COILED BASKETS, ONE 9 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 2 INCHES DEEP, THE SECOND 15 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 5 INCHES DEEP. THEY ARE MADE BY WINDING A THIN BAND OF SPLIT WILLOW TWIGS SPIRALLY AROUND A CORE OF WOODY MATERIAL, PROBABLY THE SOFT BARK CATIYA (FONGINERA SPLEN DENS) STEMS. THE START IS MADE AT THE CENTER BY FORMING A CIRCULAR BUTTON OF WILLOW-WRAPPED CORE, HELD IN SHAPE BY SEWING THE WILLOW RIBBON THROUGH THE ADJACENT CORES SOMEWHAT IRREGULARLY. AROUND THIS BUTTON THE CORE IS WOUND CONTINUOUSLY, AND HELD IN PLACE BY THE WILLOW BEING PASSED OVER AND AROUND IT, THROUGH A PORTION OF THE PRECEDING CORE, AND THEN DRAWN TIGHTLY DOWN, UNTIL A BASKET OF THE DESIRED SHAPE AND SIZE IS PRODUCED. THE FINAL END IS TAPERED DOWN AND SMOOTHLY SEWN IN PLACE BY THE WILLOW WRAPPING. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,528. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE."
