BOAS] APPLICATION OF DESIGN TO FIELD 273 
It is, of course, possible that the sewing splint was used as a gauge, 
but realizing the comparative infrequency of such measuring, it is at 
least doubtful if this was done. There are four black diagonal rows of 
blocks and four red ones, which divide the circumference into eighths. 
Plate 46, e, shows a remarkably fine treatment of flying birds. 
Note the gradually increased size of the figures toward the rim. 
They could hardly be better adjusted to the given space. Only 
two minor defects are apparent in the photograph. The first is a 
correction of the direction of the bird’s head in the lower left figure, 
the other the failure to maintain a straight line for the edges of the 
bird’s wings on the right, such as has been done so beautifully on the 
left. This is due, of course, to the leftward lean and the troublesome 
right corner, but nevertheless the basket is a remarkable piece of 
work. The bulges and depressions in the walls are an interesting 
and rather rare structural de- 
fect. Usually Thompson women 
are perfect builders. (See also 
pl. 46, g.) : 
There are two baskets por- © <> re 
trayed among Doctor Haeberlin’s 
sketches the long sides of which : © 
are decorated with zigzags which _ 
do not extend to the corners and © Oo. 
where other problems than cir- 
cumference spacing arise. These 
are shown in Figures 61 and 62. Fic. 60.—Diagonal arrangement. A.M.N.H. 16-1044 
“The design on one long side in Figure 61, a, b, does not require special 
comment. It was interpreted as a snake and small triangles.” The 
head and tail as they are arranged here fill the upper corners of the 
field very well indeed, although in her effort to fill the right corner 
the artist overemphasized her spacing in that direction. The general 
decoration of the basket marks it as a rare specimen and leads to the 
suspicion that it may be of Lillooet rather than of Thompson origin, 
since Mr. Teit says that the Thompson are not addicted to the use of 
different patterns for the different faces, or even for a fourth face, 
while the Lillooet frequently used this peculiar style. 
Doctor Haeberlin’s discussion concerns the three sides the upper 
portions of which are beaded, below which is a broad slanting design 
composed of short horizontal and vertical sections. The large beaded 
field is another typical Lillooet feature, but since the basket is listed 
as a Fraser River specimen it is included here. 
The side of the basket shown in Figure 61, c, is very interesting. The steplike 
figure (c) consists exclusively of black imbricated lines enclosed by two white 
imbricated lines. Accordingly the upper end of the ornament ought to extend 
over three coils—one black and two white coils. But this is not the case; it only 
extends over two. How is the principle of the step ornament carried out under 
