Boas] APPLICATION OF DESIGN TO FIELD 281 
Figure 69 not only shows the introduction of a filler in the upper 
right corner but an interesting treatment of one of the stripes near the 
bottom at the corner of the basket. Here, owing to miscalculation 
in spacing, the stripe was begun too far to the right and therefore was 
interfered with by the presence of the corner. In order not to have the 
stripe carry around on to the other side, the woman has resorted to the 
expedient sketched in Figure 69, b, where the treatment is reproduced 
so as to show the decoration on either face and at the corner (the 
middle). The stripe was begun with only one stitch and increased 
diagonally along the right edge where the edge of the wall occurs, 
until the space became wide enough for its increase to full size. 
Then, to balance this increase, an abrupt addition appears on the left 
side of the stripe. 
The fillers frequently 
consist of different, 
smaller designs than the 
majority of those used, 
or else are portions of 
the prevailing ones. The 
baskets shown in Plates 
12, b; 18,4; 23, d; 24,9; 
26, d; 34, a,c, d, and 35, e, 
are examples of such a 
treatment. In most of 
these the tendency of the 
design to ‘‘run’’ to the 
left is very clearly seen. 
Good results as regards 
vertical stitching are ob- 
tained where the work is 
not quite so accurate, and where the stitches of the new coil bifur- 
cate those of the previous row to the right of the middle. But the 
irregularity in stitching frequently interferes with the creation of 
absolutely straight vertical edges, hence is not practicable for certain 
types of designs. 
A straight edge is the prime essential, therefore the fauit of leaning 
is considered much more glaring if an attempt is made in the middle 
of the band to correct the trend than if it is allowed to continue in 
the same direction, even when the slant is very pronounced. 
In the baskets depicted in Plates 36, 7, and 47, a, the maker at- 
tempted in vain to correct the trend of her right band, thus creating a 
bendinit. The introduction of animal figures at the corner, however, 
shows what poor success she had, although it will be noted that at the 
outset indications were certainly in favor of a good trend. It may 
be that she foresaw that, if she continued, the space would then be 
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Fic. 69.—Filler. Peabody Museum 57203 
