222 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ETH. ANN. 41 
at 52 percent.*® This measurement has been indicated by solid lines, 
while the greatest variations and consequent changes in flare of sides 
are shown by dotted lines. The ratio of width of bottom to that of 
mouth, however, is represented by a quite marked preponderance of 
cases at 42 per cent, with a range from 30 to 59 per cent and a solitary 
case at 76 per cent. It is worth noting that this single example is 
the same one which showed the high ratio of 84 per cent in the rela- 
tion of the length of bottom to length of mouth, mentioned above. 
The outlines of this trapezoid are indicated in the same manner as 
described above. The straight walls of the baskets in Group B are 
their most characteristic feature.*! 
Proportions of Lillooet baskets ——Opinions concerning the propor- 
tions for Lillooet baskets have not been obtained from their makers. 
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Fic. 37.—Forms for Lillooet baskets 
In form they are more nearly.square, with very small bases, wide 
mouths, straight walls, and sharp corners. The average ratio of the 
widths of mouths to the lengths is between 75 and 85 percent. The 
greatest variations are 68 to 86 per cent, but the extremes are few in 
number; about 80 per cent seems to be the norm. 
The ends and sides are trapezoids, the projections of which are shown 
in Figure 37. Their measurements were obtained in the same way as 
those of the Thompson baskets.*? The width of the mouth averages 
about 12 per cent more than the height. Therefore the trapezoid ’ 
end is inclosed theoretically in about the same rectangle as that of 
the Thompson basket, while the side is a little shorter. 
The widths of the bottoms, which in their ratio to the widths of the 
mouths control the form of the trapezoid assumed by the ends, show 
a very interesting division into two groups, one with an average of 
about 34 per cent, with greatest variation from 26 to 37 per cent, and 
another with an average of 44 per cent and variations from approxi- 
mately 37 to 49 per cent. The lengths of bottoms in relation to 
lengths of mouths, however, are about the same in both groups, the 
variation ranging from 35 to 55 per cent, with the average about 44 
30 See appendix, p. 417, 
%1In the appendix, pp. 416 et seq., the opinions of the makers regarding proportions and what has 
actually been found to exist have been tabulated for purposes of convenient comparison. 
82 See appendix, p. 421. 
