208 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [eTH. ANN. 41 
“The boxes sketched in Figure 31, b, c, are examples of the imitations 
of white men’s boxes made at the present time. They are of all 
sizes and either oblong or square, and when they are Lower Thompson 
products, frequently have a slat bottom and a stand or foot. They 
are used in the house for storage purposes and may or may not have 
lids. Usually when these are present they are of the variety seen in 
Plate 12, a, or flat, tied on with buckskin thongs; a few fit into the 
rim, as do those of crocks or pots of white manufacture, and quite a 
number are provided with basketry knobs of one description or 
another. They are frequently profusely decorated with imbricated 
designs and on account of their neat, attractive appearance are 
bought in large numbers by the whites. 
There are also baskets for pouring liquids, shown in Figure 32, a, 6, 
which were likewise used as berry dishes or bins for dry materials, 
and flat-backed types shown in Figure 32, ¢, and on Plate 9, d, which 
were formerly used, but are seldom manufactured now. The origin 
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Fia. 32.—Types of baskets—a, }, for pouring liquids; c, storage basket for tobacco and pipe; d, for 
general storage; e, rattle 
of this type is uncertain, for it is very unlikely that the fur traders 
introduced the shape. Its first appearance, the people claim, was at 
Lytton, where so many other odd shapes originated; it was not 
adopted elsewhere, and was used in much the same way as fishermen 
employ it now, or it was hung up in the house and held tobacco, 
kinnikinnick, and pipes. The hole is said to have been made in 
order to allow the long pipestems to protrude from it. Such a shape 
was also useful when traveling, for it made a very excellent saddlebag. 
Figure 32, d, is simply a square receptacle for suspension. The 
type of rattle in Figure 32, e,?? is usually about 8 em. high, coiled all 
in one piece, beginning at the top and worked toward the handle. It 
ends in a loopwork coil. The head and handle are hollow and the 
pebbles in the head are kept there by a wooden plug, which stops the 
opening. The larger and heavier kinds used in dances and ceremonies 
frequently had additional loops of basketry or thongs by which to 
hold them. They were made by all the Fraser Bands and the Upper 
and Lower Lillooet. Fancy baskets of all shapes are now made of 
loopwork coil. (Pls. 16, a; 17, a, e, g.) 
22 See top view, pl. 13, b. 
