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black lines. The distances between the figures are always three 
white coils or stitches and the height of the horizontal arms nine coils. 
On the other hand, the series of horizontal lines beneath are very 
irregular. The length of the lines varies from 6 to 11 stitches and the 
distances between the series are also not constant, the average being 
five nonimbricated coil stitches. The remarkable feature about this 
basket and that pictured in Figure 52 is that the distances between 
the figures are always exactly the same for the entire circumference 
of the basket. In the meanders of the basket sketched in Figure 52 
the length of the figures is not fixed, and indeed in Figure 51 the 
upper portion of the leg figure, which reaches around the corner, is 
somewhat longer in places than the corresponding section at the 
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base of the same figure. Nevertheless, the variations are very slight 
and show extremely accurate spacing of the designs when they were 
first begun. Starting at the jump on the basket shown in Figure 52, 
the lengths of the meanders are as follows: 
First meander_- --___-_ 15 stitches__-___-_ 8 cm 
Second meander__-_-___ 15 stitches______ 8 cm 
Third meander________17 stitches_____-- 8 cm. 
Fourth meander-_--____ 16 stitches______8 em. 
Fifth meander________ 16 stitches______ 8 em. 
Sixth meander________ 17 stitches______ 8% em. 
Seventh meander______ 16 stitches___.__8% em. 
Eighth meander------- 16 stitches_____- 7% em. 
Ninth meander - ----- 13 stitches__-_-_-- 6% em. 
