Explanation of Chitimacha Basketry— Plate 25 



(N. M. Nos. 253508, 253507) 



The principal design in a is makc-nahc, "fish-scales," though it is also sometimes 

 given as the "broken plaits," which, as will be seen, it resembles closely. The 

 upper design in h is called ndbc-kdkVtl, "turtle with a necktie," a name which no 

 one attempted lo explain. 



