WUPATKI PUEBLO: A STUDY IN CULTURAL FUSION AND ...

obes. A raised design of rectangular meanders decorates
im
the "bag. The design was made by Inserting additional strings
over the woven material, held by the wefts and also bound in
by extra threads paralleling the wefts. There are three warp
and 12 weft rows per cm. (Pig. 55 £)• Twined bags have, of
course, long been important in the Anasazl area, and they were
also found at TUzlgoot and Montezuma Castle (Caywood and Spicer
1935s 91; Kent 1954' 75-76), although without the raised design
and leather drawstring.
Twined Skirts
A matted and burnt fragment of two-ply, Z~twist, yucca
fiber was found in Room 46, along with Burial 4. It seems to
have consisted of a top band of twined yucca and a lower seg­
ment of cord fringe, forming the elements of the skirt, but
the artifact is so badly matted that certain identification is
difficult. Another possible fragment is that one previously
described as a scuffer-toe sandal.
Distribution. Fringe skirts with twined belts are
noted from many Southwestern sites. In the Sinagua region,
they have been reported from Kontezuma Castle (Kent 1954s
55-60), and in the Salado area they occur at the Tonto Cliff
Dwellings (Steen et al. 1962s 92, PI. 8). They are reported
from the Canyon Creek Ruin (Haury 1934s 64, PI. 60), and
Anasazl examples are reported at Painted Cave (Haury 1945c,