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strato that the limits of styles of interpretation in some cases overlap 

 the limits of styles of art. We liave seen that on tlic Plains the stvle 

 of art covers a wider area than the style of interpretation. It would 

 seem that in other regions tlie reverse is the case. For instance, the 

 style of art of the Xootka tribes differs very much from that of the 



Fig. H. Baskets from the Pacific Coast, a, b, Pit River California : c, Maidu, 

 California ; d, Klickitat, Washington ; e, Nez Perces, Idaho, (a, b and c alter Dr. Ro- 

 land B. Dixon.) 



Kwakiutl. Although both apply animal motives, the Nootka use 

 very little surface decoration consisting of combinations of charac- 

 teristic curved lines, which play an important part in Kwakiutl art., 

 and which serve to symbolize various parts of the body. ISTootka art is 

 more realistic and at the same time cruder than Kwakiutl art. The 

 ideas expressed in the art of both tribes, however, are practically the 

 same. In the southwest we find that the culture of the Pueblos has 



