284 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA _ [ern. ann. 41 
According to information collected from a number of women only 
a comparatively small group of designs could be used as fillers for 
the left-over upper corners in the trapezoidal fields of burden baskets. 
Flower designs were only rarely used in this way. On the other 
hand, one or two rather plain vertical “droppers” or stripes, or small 
combinations of arrowheads or half arrowheads which usually pointed 
downward, were most frequently employed. Half arrowhead designs 
of this character resemble those shown in Sketches 277 and 292 but 
are without borders. Other fillers are typified in Sketches 245, 254, 
288, and 293. Still other patterns are Nos. 42, 66, 75, 173 extended 
vertically, 176, 230 upside down, 303, 361, 363 and 364, 433, 434, 
506, 625, and 626, although there was some doubt expressed regarding 
684, 685, 698, and 699. The remainder of the list includes 45, 63, 64, 
69, 70, 144, 145, 150 in one line vertically, 159-162, 277 rather rarely, 
294-296 rather rarely, 331, 357 and 358 arranged vertically, 359, 
365, 395, 398, 438, 514 as a single 
figure, 524, 551 with ends turned 
down, 570, 571, 627, and 757 in one 
line vertically. 
The basket sketched in Figure 72 
speaks for itself. At first glance 
side a appears well made, and the 
bare corners about even. But this 
feature has been secured only at the 
cost of a great difference in width be- 
Fic. 72.—Symumetrical arrangement on side tween the first and third of the wide 
Sea Nig age stripes. Note also the omitted stitch 
at the top of the left stripe. A similar incongruity occurs in the 
widths of the stripes of the other sides, those on b being more nearly 
equal. This is still another method of correcting miscalculation in cir- 
cumference spacing which has not been touched upon before. 
Doctor Haeberlin has sketched in Figure 73 a basket belonging 
to the collection in the United States National Museum which is 
reported to come from the Fraser River region. One side contains 
no designs except a band of plain beading near the top. According 
to Mr. Teit’s observations and data, this should be a Lillooet speci- 
men, perhaps traded into the Fraser region, for the Thompson are 
said never to have decorated three sides of a basket with imbrica- 
tion to the exclusion of the fourth. On the first imbricated side, 
which is shown in a, the very poor adjustment of the design is obvious 
and in distinct contrast to 6, which is excellently done except for the 
slightly wider space between the third and fourth stripes. This gives 
50 Compare Plates 12, b; 18, a; 23, d; 24, g; 26, a, d, fy 33, c; 34, a, c, d; 35, c, e 38, c; 39, a, c; 40, a; 51, 
1; 55, e, hy 56, 6; 57, e; 77. In these additional patterns will be found. 
