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point, as in the case of the deer-gut. Both deer-rib and deer- 

 gut are very common designs, and may occur without the 

 accompaniment of the arrow-point. Without doubt, the gob 

 let-shaped form of Fig. 5 is not native, but is merely a copy 

 of similarly shaped objects seen in the possession of the whites. 



Another design of very frequent occurrence, and susceptible 

 of several modifications, is that known as "deer-excrement," 

 shown on Plate XXI, Figs, i, 2, 3, in the last instance to 

 gether with the so-called "rough " or " crooked " design. This 

 is rather strikingly suggestive of the simpler forms of the 

 Maidu feather, and is shown in Fig. 4 in combination with the 

 familiar arrow-point, which occurs again in Fig. 5. 



Plate XXII shows several designs the meaning of which is 

 more or less in doubt. Fig. i is completely unknown. Fig. 2 

 is possibly the arrow-point, or perhaps flying geese ( ?). In Fig. 

 3 the design is, without doubt, the skunk-nose; while Fig. 4 

 is the arrow-point again. The design in Fig. 5 is explained 

 variously as lizard (compare Plate XIX, Figs. 1-4) and as 

 owl's claw. Fig. 6 is said to be flying geese, but the deter 

 mination is very doubtful. 



In so far as may be judged from the material at hand, the 

 designs of this stock are subject to considerable variation in 

 the mode of arrangement, shown here especially in the case 

 of the deer-excrement and mussel's tongue. Variation de 

 pending on difference in make is here negligible, as no baskets 

 of the coiled type are made. So far as noted, there is 

 no restriction of certain patterns to certain types of basket. 

 In the arrangement and grouping of designs, there is, as in the 

 case of the Maidu, a very strong tendency toward spiral and 

 zigzag lines, with the addition of the use of vertical or radial 

 lines, as on Plate XVIII, Fig. 4; Plate XXI, Fig. i; Plate 

 XXII, Figs. 2, 5. Horizontal bands are rare, as in the case 

 of the Maidu. The question of the distribution of the designs 

 must wait for fuller material; but their relative frequency 

 within the small area visited shows that the most common are 

 the deer-rib, deer-gut, lizard, and owl's claw, followed closely 

 by the eye, deer-excrement, flying geese, and crooked or 

 zigzag lines 



