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too great between the third and fourth bands. Certainly it is rather 
odd that she should have known how to direct the band to the right 
in the beginning in a way which was the only possible solution of 
her difficulty and not have applied this principle throughout for 
all the bands which ought to have leaned in that direction. It may 
be that the care involved in carrying out the plan proved too much 
in addition to all the other points about the work which had to be 
kept in mind, or that owing to the technique the band as it progressed 
would necessarily have had to lean too far to the right. 
In many cases the right band is begun so far to the left (for ex- 
ample, see pls. 24,9; 77) that it is difficult to understand how its maker 
did not foresee the result. The band in this particular example, which 
properly should balance the one on the left, has not the same degree 
of slant ordinarily encountered, but it was so badly spaced that 
not one but two additional design elements were required to fill the 
vacant spot. 
Ficure 70, a, 6, show the introduction of a filler the presence of 
which is not so much demanded by the 
leaning verticals, which in this case are 
not enough out of line to affect the corner 
seriously, as on account of a miscalcula- 
tion in placing them when the wall was 
first begun. The ends of the baskets are 
alike and the long sides also resemble 
each other except that on one the filler 
consists of a double row of imbricated 
stitches, while on the other it is single. 
The checker idea introduced here is hardly 
in keeping with the diagonal subdivision of the stripes, but as has been 
pointed out before, such artistic incongruities are by no means rare. 
The space to be filled in this case would admit of little else. 
- The sketches in Figure 71 show the four sides of a basket, the first 
of which (a) is remarkable for the even distribution of the meanders. 
Although the same number of stitches is not used every time, prob- 
ably because of the varying width of the sewing splint, the distances 
maintained are very exact. The short side (6) shows the same char- 
acter of treatment as far as an even distribution is concerned. On 
the second long side (¢) it has been found necessary to insert a filler, 
as was the case also on the fourth side (d). The order of the sides is 
reckoned from the break, which shows where the walls were begun. 
This is an interesting specimen, since it shows that a woman who is 
capable of making very exact circumference divisions and calcula- 
tions does not always keep up to standard, even on the same basket. 
It may be that her attention wandered or that it was difficult to 
concentrate for long on her complicated task. At any rate, so 
Fic. 70.—Filler. U.S.N.M. 222586 
