Show i Monster Basket Made I by California Indians Indian Indian It I Is said sid that tho the Ponca Indians Idan scattered remnants of a a. tribe that still live lve In Mendocino county California Call Cali Cu- Cu fornia some time ago made monster basket which Is declared delare to be the largest In Ia the world Th The lower or main part of ot this basket Is composed of ozIer twigs very ver skillfully Intertwined Between the warp and amid woof the Interstices are very small small so so so that the huge basket will wi hold any kind of fine One grain grIn Many similar though much muc smaller small small- smal er receptacles willow receptacles v willow baskets baskets are ere made by these Indians and are ae used as granaries to hold provisions r for the winter store Mendocino county abounds In oak forests which produce a great rest harvest of acorns of which the red man his squaw and papooses are very fond Hundreds of bushels of the acorns are annually gathered and stored away In baskets for the long rainy days Other kinds of stores stores- grains grains are are also placed In these baskets These willow granaries are generally mounted on a rude platform The Immense basket mentioned Is six feet from bottom to rim and 25 feet In circumference |