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may be accounted for quite readily by the uneven width of the sewing 
splints, as may be noted in the center of the second stripe on face a, 
a circumstance which here makes the two ‘‘arms’”’ of the crosspiece 
quite asymmetrical. On the whole, one can quite easily perceive 
from her handiwork the careless disposition of the woman, who not 
only prepared her splints badly, but likewise was so little able to fix her 
attention on the work in hand, or was so lightly blessed with a love 
of order, that she could not in two consecutive stripes maintain the 
same general procedure, although she evidently had a definite scheme 
of decoration in mind, which was well planned, not only for the bas- 
ket, but in color, where the imbrication for the stripes is alternately 
red and black; and to her credit be it said that she did not need a 
‘filler.’ The indications are in favor of a mind which can visualize 
and plan in a large way, but which can not execute with nicety. 
The basket shown in Plate 49, 6, and Figure 77 is extremely interest- 
ing from the standpoint of small rhythms and mistakes. On the 
Fic. 77.—Basket illustrating lack of symmetry in detail 
whole the design is quite well conceived and executed and it is quite 
evident what the maker’s intentions were. Doctor Haeberlin has not 
given any photographs of the long sides, but there is enough material 
for study on the ends of the basket. Beginning with side a, on the 
left end, since the work progressed toward the right, it is evident 
that the intention was to ornament each block with two diagonal 
lines, and judging from the blocks on both ends the predominating 
idea was to have those on the lowest tier run up toward the left. But 
in the middle block this direction was shifted toward the right. 
Whether this was the original intention and the maker changed her 
mind, or a mistake, can not be stated. With the beginning of the 
second tier it was found that the increase in size of the face owing to 
the slant of the walls would permit of inserting another block at the 
left. Probably this had not been previously considered. This is 
merely assumed, however, due to the change in ornamentation from 
the established diagonal to an utterly incongruous vertical line run- 
ning up the middle of the block. Such is usually the character of 
