Excerpt from Goddard's ethnography of the Hupa of northern California, describing women's basket making. It covers the gathering and preparation of hazel and willow ribs, conifer and deciduous tree roots, bear-grass, maidenhair fern and giant fern, and the dyes used (alder bark, lichen, Oregon grape). It describes the twined construction of the baskets and the forms made: burden baskets, cradles, cooking baskets, storage baskets, acorn pans and women's caps. The text explains the geometric design elements and their Hupa names, with line figures and plates of baskets and materials. A short passage on dentalium shell money follows at the end.

A short excerpt from Goddard's ethnography of the Hupa of northern California describing how they make nets and snares. It covers preparing twine from Iris macrosiphon leaf fibers, using a mussel-shell thumbnail to strip the fibers, and twisting the two-ply cord on the thigh. It also describes the bobbin and elk-horn mesh-sticks used in knotting nets. A plate explanation and photographs show a seine with wood floats and stone sinkers, a bobbin, a thumb shell and mesh-sticks.