186 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA _ [erm. ann. 41 
There are several kinds of coiled basketry lids which from the 
point of view of construction correspond very nearly to the various 
types of bottoms already discussed. Some varieties are very old, 
especially Types I and IV, as classified in the following description. 
These were most often applied to the round or ‘‘nut-shaped” and the 
long trunk-shaped .stlik baskets. Although complete information 
concerning the construction and fitting of lids has not been gathered 
it is clear that there are four types which may be grouped as follows: 
Type I includes all those flat lids which are fastened to the baskets 
by means of thongs or hinges of leather or cord, or by means of 
hinges which at the same time are handles (fig. 16). They are 
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Fic. 16.—T ypes of lids 
Type I,a. Flat, hinged, without flange, resting on the rim of the basket. 
b. Flat, hinged, without flange, resting on a basket flange placed near 
the rim on the inside. 
Type II, a. Flat, usually without hinges, with knobs or loops to pull by, and 
attached flange slanting slightly outward toward its base, and 
fitting snugly into the orifice. The lid rests on the basket rim, by 
means of its edges which project beyond the flange. 
b. Flat, without hinges, with attached flange slanting inward toward 
its base. 
Type III, a. Flat, but with a turned-down edge which acts as a flange covering 
an upright collar rim or flange which is sewed to the basket. 
b. Conoid shapes, fitting down over rims which are usually supplied 
with collar flanges. 
Type IV. Flat, and all of one piece of coiling with the basket. 
usually slightly larger than the mouths they are designed to cover, 
so that their edges project well over the rim and preyent the lids 
from dropping into the orifices. Such covers can be applied to 
almost any shape, but are most often seen on round or work baskets. 
Their construction depends somewhat on the shape of the basket for 
which they are intended. Round ones have lids of watch-spring 
coiling, started with the usual knot (pls. 8, b, d; 9, a, 6; 36, d; 41, b; 
50,¢). Infact, the construction of any of these lids is exactly the same 
as for the corresponding type of bottom.” Oval shapes require usually 
an elongated watchspring, while the more rectangular forms, such as 
some .stlik, have lids built of parallel or folded coils (pl. 12, 6), or just 
as frequently of slats (pl. 8, ¢). In these last two kinds a number of en- 
1 Round watch-spring coils are also used for more complicated round forms. (See pl. 13, 0.) 
