Boas] IMBRICATED DESIGNS 237 
suitable for conical or cylindrical shapes, such as horizontal lines, 
zigzags, and small figures arranged in spirals which partially en- 
circle the baskets as they ascend from base to rim, without regard 
to corners. In addition to this, round baskets showing similar 
artistic treatment are still occasionally made. Modern rectangular 
shapes which are decorated in one of these ways are fairly common. 
Evidently such types of ornamentation have always been in exist- 
ence throughout the life of imbricated basketry in this region. In 
fact, unimbricated backgrounds, bearing groups of small designs, are 
more typical of Thompson basketry art than any other kind of 
decoration. 
The Thompson like to use the same pattern on all sides of a basket, 
whatever may be its shape. Square and oblong forms are well 
adapted for the short ends. Different designs might be used on the 
long sides, because the sides are separated from each other by the 
corners. Yet the people do not seem to have realized this, for their 
designs are arranged in a way which would be equally effective on 
cylindrical shapes. Only four or five specimens have been seen with 
decorated sides and bare ends and none with end designs only. Two 
or three were noted in which ends and sides were different but none in 
which the patterns on either side or end were fundamentally different 
from those on the other.** The Lillooet and near-by coast tribes have 
a curious habit of ornamenting two sides and an end and leaving the 
other bare or giving it a different decoration. This plan has never 
been adopted by the Thompson. 
ARRANGEMENT OF DESIGNS 
In the arrangement of designs on the basket walls there seem to be 
some rather definite tendencies which Mr. Teit has noted in the 
following manner. The numerical listing corresponds to the degree 
of popularity prevailing for the particular arrangement. 
A. Separate or disconnected figures: 
Vertical rows. 
. Horizontal rows. 
Diagonal rows. 
Zigzag rows. 
Scattering. 
One figure occupying the entire field. 
All-over arrangements which may be considered in any one of the first 
three classes. 
B. Connected figures: 
Vertical. 
Horizontal. 
Diagonal. 
. Vertical (in banded arrangements). 
. Horizontal (in banded arrangements). 
. Diagonal (in banded arrangements). 
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“ The observations made by Mr. Teit extend over many years, during which time hundreds of baskets 
Were examined. 
