Explanation of Chitimacha Basketry — Plate 2.3 



(N. M. Nos. 253541, 253543, 253513, 263545, 253505, 253521, 253533, 253526. 253522) 



When angles are made in the lines called l-astpx the resulting designs are known 

 as kastpx-apctd'xn, "broken plaits," and a number of different forms of these are 

 illustrated in this plate. < On the piece of matting shown in figure a these broken 

 plaits are interrupted by two lines of blackbirds' eyes (see pi. 27), and in h the 

 broken plaits are concentric around the design explained in plate 29, a. 



