Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 / Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510

by William Henry Holmes

A small collection of ancient relics, obtained from caves in the vicinity of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, was presented to the Bureau by Mr. Francis Klett.

Fig. 172.

With this collection were a number of articles of stone, some of which were probably obtained from the fields of the same region.

87276. Fragments of gourds.

87277. Two very beautifully knit or plaited sandals. The fiber used has probably been obtained from the inner bark of trees. The combination of threads is shown in [Fig. 172]. A small piece of matting from the same place is shown in [Fig. 173].

Fig. 173.

27278. Two bundles of charred sticks and reeds.