Explanation of Chitimacha Basketry — Plate 27 



(N. M. Nos. 253516, 253514, 253511) 



The principal design on each of these baskets, the large white spots with dark 

 center, is called tcixt-kanV, "blackbird's eye." Mrs. Bradford defines the design 

 in a as "casheer-poi-iche-ash-che-nash, three patterns mixed," which is, of course, 

 only a description, the three patterns being the blackbird's eye, dots, and crosses. 

 Similarly Misgiven as ^^cheek-ca-ni-fham-tem-Tcine-ach-ihe-nach, two patterns mixed," in 

 this case the blackbird's eye and dots, c has the blackbird's eye and broken plaits. 



