BOAS] APPLICATION OF DESIGN TO FIELD 271 
Band C (sketch a) consists of lozenge-shaped figures in black and white 
imbrication. Where the coils begin an unmistakable attempt was made to 
bring these diamonds symmetrically between the triangles of bands D and B. 
But on account of the curvature of the basket these triangles shift in their position 
and make the symmetrical alignment of band C impossible. This shifting and 
the corresponding lack of symmetry become more and more marked the farther 
the distance from the bottom of the basket. 
The spaces of band B are again all uniform. All the junctions consist of three 
stitches, excepting near the break, as shown at M in sketch d. The corner 
where the break occurs is accurately represented. 
Band A (sketch e) locks into band B; as D does into E. The bases of the 
inverted triangles of band A again vary like those of band D. The number of 
stitches connecting the bases of the triangles, beginning with the break, are as 
follows: 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 8 (corner), 1, 3, 2, 4, 6 (corner), 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5 (near 
corner), 4, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2 (at break and corner). 
ALt-OveR LARGE FIGURES 
The ornamentation of the basket shown in Figure 58 may be con- 
sidered as all-over, diagonal, or horizontal, but for the purposes of 
this study may just as well be 
treated here. It will be seen that 
the upper left corners are bare, 
due to the fact that the vertical 
arms of the crosses in adjoining 
horizontal rows dovetail and that 
in the top row at the left corner Fic. 68—Decoration of sides of basket. Pea- 
there was no room for a complete body Mae ee 
cross. Usually the situation is reversed in the numerous patterns com- 
posed of vertical stripes which lean to the left, so that the bare space 
is in the upper right corner. Here a sequence of events due to placing 
the lowest crosses in 6 too far to the left, or in failing to begin a cross 
just before turning the corner in the top row (a), as well as the 
tendency for all workers to build true diagonals to the right in the 
direction of sewing, caused the placing of these stars as they are, 
more than compensating for any leftward lean of vertical lines. 
The bare upper left corners on this basket did not seem to disturb the 
esthetic taste of the worker as much as the balancing lower right 
corners. Perhaps they were a welcome relief. But it is interesting 
to note that the maker deemed a filler desirable for the lower right 
corner on the ends of the basket. The necessity for this in her mind 
must have been apparent before she could have progressed very 
far in her work. The five stars of the lowest row on the long sides 
are very evenly distributed, but the filler appears on both short ends. 
There are many types of decoration besides the complicated 
horizontal band, which require circumference spacing and sub- 
division of the basket walls. All figures ranged in horizontal series, 
all-over effects, and vertical stripes are among the number, The few 
