326 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



Plate 7U, iig. 2, is a twined and overlaid basket of the Quinaielt 

 Indians, Washington, with a design representing waves or ripples on 

 the water. Height, lo inches; 1 inch = 5^ twists, 9 rows. 



Plate 79, tig. 3, shows a twined and overlaid basket of the Quinaielt 

 Indians, Washington, with an unknown design. It is widespread, 

 however, and resmnbles a cluster of marsh plants. Resembles motives 

 in northern California. Height, <>i inches; 1 inch = T twists, 10 rows. 



Plate 79, tig. -t, is a coiled and imbricated basket of the Lillooet 

 Indians, Washington, with a design representing lightning. Compare 

 Plate 7r), tigs. 1 and 2, where it stands for flying geese. Height, 5 

 inches; 1 inch = 8 stitches, 3^ coils. 



Plate 79, iig. .5, is a coiled and imbricated ware of the Lillooet 

 Indians, British C-olumljia. The design is said to be of meaning 

 unknown revealed in a dream. Height, lo inches: 1 inch — .5 stitches, 

 3i coils. 



Plate 79, tig. 6, is a coiled and iml)ricated l)asket of the Chilcotin 

 Indians. British Columbia, with an unexplained design. This rare 

 piece is noteworthy for having three or four bands or segments of 

 independent designs. It shows in its technic little influence of foreign 

 culture. Height, 8i inches; 1 inch = 6i stitches, 7 coils. 



For the northern California and southern Oregon tribes the guide 

 to the study of symbolism is Roland B. Dixon." who divides basketry 

 into three types (see fig. 163.): 



I. N<yrt1iwestet'n. tyjx' includes the area occupied ])y the Hupa (Atha- 

 pascan), Karok (Quoratean), Yurok (Weitspekan). The technic is 

 twined work overlaid. 



II. Noi'theastern type comprises Modoc and Klamath (Lutuamian), 

 Shasta (Sastean), Pit River (Palaihaihan), Yana (Yanan), Wintun 

 (Copehan), and Maidu (Pujunan). The technic is twined and coiled. 



III. Porno ty2)e. — This versatile people of the Kulanapan famih' in 

 its technic is cosmopolitan, using both twined and coiled ware in every 

 variet3^ The Yidci and the Costanoan are left unclassed. 



Three groups of symbols are distinguished by Dixon— animal designs, 

 plant designs, and representations of natural or artificial objects. For 

 the Pomo symbols he relies upon Carl Purdy, collector of material 

 from that people in the American Museum, New York. For the 

 northeastei"n grt)up, Dr. Dixon has made exhaustive personal observa- 

 tions and illustrated the symliols in I'lates i-xvi of his monograph. 



The following story applies to a ])eautiful piece of basket work from 

 the Yuki Indians, now in Round Valley Agency, Covelo, California. 

 They are associated with the Wailakis. who are Athapascan, liut the 

 Yuki themselves form a separate family. Catalogue No. 1311(»8 in the 

 U.S.N.M., Plate 80, is called a sun basket, of Yuki manufacture, 



« Basketry Designs of the Indiana of Northern California, Bulletin of the American 

 Mnseuni of Natural History, KVII, 1902, pp. 1-32. 



