Figure 8. Mohegan and Niantic painted designs.
a, c, d, e, f, from specimen b, Pl. IV, Niantic.
b, from specimen a, Pl. III, Mohegan.
Figure 9. Mohegan painted designs.
a, c, from specimen a, Pl. III, Mohegan.
b, Mohegan.
Figure 10. Mohegan, Niantic, and Scatticook painted designs.
a, b, from specimen a, Pl. III, Mohegan.
c, e, f, g, h, i, k, from specimen b, Pl. IV, Niantic.
d, from specimen a, Pl. II, Mohegan.
j, from specimen c, Pl. II, Mohegan.
l, from Curtis, Scatticook.
Figure 11. Mohegan and Niantic painted designs.
a, from specimen b, Pl. I, Mohegan.
b, c, d, e, f, from specimen b, Pl. IV, Niantic.
Figure 12. Mohegan, Scatticook, and Niantic painted designs.
a, c, from specimen (Mohegan).
b, from specimen a, Pl. III, Mohegan.
d, f, from Curtis (Scatticook).
e, from specimen b, Pl. IV, Niantic.
Figure 13. Linear border designs from Mohegan painted baskets.
Figure 14. Body designs from Mohegan painted baskets; a, on the top of the basket; b on the sides.
Figure 15. The curlicue or roll, in Scatticook baskets.
(a)
(b)
Figure 16. The curlicue or roll, in Scatticook baskets.
Figure 17. Bottom of Scatticook basket, showing trimming of radial splints.
Figure 18 (a). Scatticook gauge.
Figure 18 (b). Scatticook gauge.
Figure 19. Scatticook gauges.
Figure 20. Scatticook splint planer.
Figure 21. Mohegan beadwork on birch bark.
Figure 22. Carved bone hand.
Figure 23. Decorated Mohegan wooden object.
Explanation of Plate I.
Mohegan baskets (a and b painted.)
Plate I.
Explanation of Plate II.
Mohegan baskets (a, b, and c painted.)
Plate II.
Explanation of Plate III.
Mohegan baskets.
a—Painted.
b—Shows bottom construction.
Plate III.
Explanation of Plate IV.
Niantic and Mohegan baskets.
a—Mohegan washing basket.
b—Niantic storage basket made about 1840 by Mrs. Mathews at Black Point
(near Lyme, Conn.)
Plate IV.
Explanation of Plate V.
Mohegan carrying baskets.
Plate V.
Explanation of Plate VI.
Mohegan baskets, fancy work baskets, and wall pocket.
Plate VI.
Explanation of Plate VII.
Tunxis baskets. Made by Pually Mossuck, a Tunxis woman from Farmington, Conn., who died about 1890 at Mohegan. Lower left hand basket slightly painted.
Plate VII.
Explanation of Plate VIII.
Scatticook baskets, made by Rachel Mawee, Abigail Mawee, and Viney Carter, who died at Kent, Conn., about 1895.
Plate VIII.
Explanation of Plate IX.
Oneida stamped basket (Heye collection.)
Plate IX.
Explanation of Plate X.
Mohegan and Niantic moccasins.
a—Mohegan moccasins.
b—Niantic moccasins from the old reservation at Black Point, near Lyme,
Conn.
Plate X.
Explanation of Plate XI.
Mohegan and Niantic beaded bags (3 from the Heye collection.)
Plate XI.
Explanation of Plate XII.
Mohegan corn mortars and stone pestle.
Plate XII.
Explanation of Plate XIII.
Mohegan ladles and spoons.
Plate XIII.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] A few baskets made by an old woman, named Pually Mossuck, of the Tunxis tribe (in the vicinity of Farmington, Conn.) were incidentally obtained. A number of years ago this woman died at Mohegan, the last of her people. This entire collection is now in the possession of Mr. George G. Heye.
[2] In previous papers the writer has already published other ethnologic notes on the Mohegan and Niantic tribes. See Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (N.Y.) vol. III, pp. 183–210 (1909), where are also listed papers in collaboration with Prof. J. D. Prince on the Mohegan language.
[3] · indicates that preceding vowel or consonant is long; ‛ indicates breathing following vowel; ´ indicates main stress; ə, like u of English but; ŋ, like ng of English sing; other characters used in transcription of Indian words need no comment.
[4] I am indebted to Mr. Albert Insley for his careful work in deciphering and reproducing the designs on these baskets.
[5] Cf. Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, London, 1643 (reprinted by the Narragansett Club), p. 145 and p. 206.
[6] Cf. article in Proceedings of American Philosophical Society, vol. XLII, No. 174 (1903), by J. D. Prince and F. G. Speck; also De Forest, History of the Indians of Connecticut.
[7] ‘Basketry of the Scatticooks and Potatucks,’ Southern Workman, vol. XXXIII, No. 7, 1904, pp. 383–390.
[8] Cf. A. C. Parker, American Anthropologist, N.S., vol. 14, No. 4, 1912, pp. 608–620.
[9] Specimens in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. I also learned of the same decorations among the Iroquois at Oshweken, Ontario, and the Mohawks of Deseronto.
Transcriber’s Note:
This e-text is based on the 1915 edition. Punctuation errors have been tacitly removed. The following typographical errors have been corrected:
# p. 3: l. 20/21: “under-one over-one-process” → “under-one-over-one-process”
# Footnote 7: “Scattacook” → “Scatticook”
# Caption for Figure 20: “Satticook” → “Scatticook”
For transliteration of the Mohegan language special pronunciation characters are used in the original text. These characters are specified by the following descriptive terms (cf. Footnote 3):
# ə—schwa: “inverted e”
# ŋ—eng, or engma:“ng”
# ī—“i with macron above”