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![The discovery of the basket](images/lohrPhotographs003_298p.jpg)
Mantle's Cave Excavation. In photo: Edison P. Lohr. Back of photo reads “The discovery of the basket. Arrow points to position of basket beneath rock.”
![View showing association of cists in trench 'A' – you are indicating the 'basket cist.'](images/lohrPhotographs004_298p.jpg)
Mantle's Cave Excavation. In photo: Edison P. Lohr. Back of photo reads “View showing association of cists in trench 'A' – you are indicating the 'basket cist.'”
![Showing the basket and lid arrangement in the 'basket cist.'](images/lohrPhotographs005_298p.jpg)
Mantle's Cave Excavation. In photo: Edison P. Lohr. Back of photo reads “Showing the basket and lid arrangement in the 'basket cist.'”
![Removing the rock from the basket top.](images/lohrPhotographs006_298p.jpg)
Mantle's Cave Excavation. In photo: Edison P. Lohr. Back of photo reads “Removing the rock from the basket top.”
All images provided by the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Anthropology Image Archive. Gift of Stephen Lohr.