ca. 1912. Puget Sound Baskets Photograph by Edward S. Curtis. Scanned from Asahel Curtis lantern slide. Original print appears in The North American Indian, v.9 Plate # 309. Basketry was a prominent industry of the native women. A water-tight basket was made for hauling water, cooking with hot stones and berry picking. This type of basket was tightly coiled. A more flexible, softer woven basket was used for storing and carrying personal effects. A much larger basket of a rougher weave was used as a burden basket. It was carried on the back and used primarily for transporting clams and fish.

Indians of North America--Baskets;

ca. 1912. Puget Sound Camp - Skokomish. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis. Scanned from Asahel Curtis lantern slide. Original photograph published in "The North American Indian, v.9" Plate between pp. 48-49. TPL-8759

Indians of North America--Skokomish--1910-1920; Indians of North America--Shelters; Canoes;

ca. 1912. A mat shelter - Skokomish. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis. Scanned from Asahel Curtis lantern slide. Original photograph published in "The North American Indian, v.9" Plate appears between pp. 110 -111. The aboriginal name for the people occupying the region of Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula was the Twana. The largest community in this tribe was the Skokomish, the "Big River People." The Skokomish Reservation was created by the Point-No-Point treaty in 1855 and it encompasses almost 5,000 acres on the delta of the Skokomish River. During the winter months, the people resided in cedar plank houses. But during the other seasons, they resided in temporary, movable structures such as the one pictured, which they covered with woven mats. These structures could be moved from place to place during hunting and fishing seasons. The mats, hung on the framework of the structure, would keep out the wind and the rain. The mats were most commonly woven of cattail leaves or the inner bark of the cedar. Two women are picture outside of a structure, along with their canoe and woven baskets.

Indians of North America--Skokomish--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America; Huts; Indians of North America--Shelters; Canoes; Baskets;

Image title: A typical Nez Percé. The North American Indian, v. 8, p. 4.

Indians of North America--Nez Percé--1910-1920; Men--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: Mat lodge - Yakima. The North American Indian, v. 7, p. 4.

Indians of North America--Yakima--1910-1920; Dwellings--Indians of North America;

Image title: Planning a raid. The North American Indian, suppl. 3, plate 98.

Indians of North America--Ogalala Sioux--1900-1920; Groups--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Reenactments;

Image title: An Assiniboin camp. The North American Indian, suppl. 3, plate 107.

Indians of North America--Assiniboin--1900-1920; Structures--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Dwellings;