Mrs.Jewett showed me a photograph of one of this sort, in which she sat comfortably seated with her six-foot son and his wife.

This had been in use more than fifty years, and was as fine as ever.

Her one hundred and twenty-eight baskets represent twenty-eight tribes.

In regard to the shapes and designs, the women seem to have copied straight from nature's patterns, as seen in acorns, pine cones, seed vessels, etc., so they are truly artists.
Figures of men are sometimes woven in: those with heads on represent the victorious warriors; those decapitated depict the braves vanquished by the fighters of their special tribe.

An open palm is sometimes seen; this is an emblem of peace.
Willow wands and stiff long-stemmed grasses are gathered and dried for these baskets, then woven in coils and increased as they go on, as in a crochet stitch.