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Show THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH the table case in front of the wall case referred to, and will be described in detail in a future publication. The large jars on the upper shelf of the wall case containing the baskets are from the caves in which some of the remains of the Basket Makers were found, but they are from the vessels for upper levels and are the work of the Cliff Dwellers. Cooking Many were used as cooking vessels, but most of the and larger ones were receptacles for corn and other provis- Storage, ions. Some of the jars still retain the corn and seeds that were placed there by their original owners, while others are covered with soot that shows the use made of them in the culinary department. It will be noticed that most of the large jars have rounded bottoms, necessitating a stand or base to keep them in an upright position. The stand used was in the form of a ring made either of yucca (" Spanish bayonet ") or cedar bark and one of these may be seen attached to the base of a jar. It forms part of a harness made of yucca leaves, which also served to strengthen the jar, and facilitated the carrying of such a vessel. This form of jar is common throughout the greater part of the Pueblo and Cliff Dweller country, and is a good example of the ware in which the coils have not been obliterated by smoothing. The bottle- necked olla and a bowl are shown as examples of another form. In these the surface has been smoothed and ornamented with painted designs. In the corrugated Other jars, the designs are generally incised, and are either Forms lines or slight depressions forming figures. In the of Jar-former styles of decoration a yucca brush is used, while in the latter a bone implement or stick or even the finger nail was enough to give the desired effect. The foot covering of the ancient sedentary people is interest-ing enough to fill a book with instructive text, but we must merely glance at that here shown and pass on to the Sandals: great collection of baskets. The yucca plant furnished Material. the material from which these sandals usually were made. Some were plaited from the split leaves of ttfe broad- leaved species, while for others the entire leaf of the narrow- leaved plant was utilized. In making the sandals the progression was from the |