PRIMITIVE ART 



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referred to in the description of Calif omian designs. These de- 

 signs also occur in the basketry from the interior of the State of 

 Washington (Case R 12). 



The forms which we observ^e on 

 the coast of Washington have also in- 

 fluenced the type of basketry of the 

 tribe of Cape Flattery, a branch of the 

 Nootka, whose culture is similar to that of 

 the more northern coast tribes. Among 

 them we find many fine baskets with 

 geometrical designs (Case N 10). These 

 baskets are made on a foundation of 

 cedar-bark, w^iile the designs are exe- 

 cuted in colored and bleached grass- 

 stems. ]\Iost of the designs resemble in character the geometric 

 designs of the southern coast tribes. It is, however, peculiar to 



this tribe, that on some of these baskets, whaling and fishing scenes, 

 with canoes and their crew, are represented. Such scenes were 

 also used in the ornamentation of the old type of hats that were 

 worn in the eighteenth century, but which have gone out of use. 



