This basket dates back to approximately 300 A.D., about 1600 years ago. It was used as a seed container to store squash and pumpkin seeds until the next planting season. It was found in the cliff dwellings of the San Juan River basin near Mesa Verde, Colorado. (See Plate 7b) STORAGE c. 1875 _Tonto Apache and White Mountain Apache_—Southeast Arizona Case No. 7: This unusually large specimen is almost three feet tall. Since about 1914, very few, if any, as large as this have been made. An Indian woman would have to devote three to four months to the weaving of a basket of this size. Today she can purchase a gunny sack from the nearest trading post for twenty five cents and store the same amount of grain with much less effort. This basket, valued at $750.00 on the collector’s market today, is a splendid illustration of a dying art. The forthcoming Indian generation will not be concerned with the making of baskets for daily use. The beautiful weaving techniques and colorful designs will become a thing of the past. Also, in this show case, is a fine 1890 basket specimen; a _Tonto Apache_ storage basket from the Verde River area below Flagstaff, Arizona. (See Plate 6c & 17c) HOUSEHOLD _Chitimacha_—Louisiana Case No. 10: The unusual decorative design of this basket is commonly referred to as “alligator intestines.” This design motif has been used as far back as history records, and serves as an excellent example of the weaver’s skill. (See Plate 15c) For other examples of household baskets see: Plate 15b: _Cherokee_, household farm basket Plate 15d: _Hoopa_, tobacco basket Plate 16a: _Yokut_, general household basket Plate 16b: _Rappahannock_, household farm basket Plate 16d: _Cherokee_, household farm basket FOOD BOWL _Hopi—Shongopovi_, 2nd Mesa—Arizona Case No. 11: This food bowl is one of the finest specimens of decorative symbolism ever produced in _Hopi_ basketry. The decorations represent the knobhead (or Mudhead) Clown _Kachina_ called _Koyemsi_, and the Crow Wing Mother (the mother of all _Kachinas_). The four ears of corn, each in a different color, represent the four seasons of the year. Made by _Lula Joshongeva_, it received several awards at the 1956 Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonials, in Gallup, New Mexico. Further honor was bestowed the basket by a Navajo medicine man’s special blessing at a “Blessing Ceremony.” (See Plate 8b) BERRY GATHERING _Choctaw_—Mississippi Case No. 4: