BoAs] GEOMETRIC FORMS 305 
how is it influenced by the position of the figure, its arrangement 
in series, or its surface treatment? These are some of the questions 
to which an answer will be attempted. 
The horizontal line.*—If the horizontal line is not continuous but 
composed of small dots, it is known as beads (sketches 1, 2, and 3). 
If single, continuous and plain, it may be called cloud extended 
or striped snake (sketches 4 and 5). When divided into very short 
sections by alternating colors generally forming small squares it is 
variously termed hair ribbon, spot design, string of beads, necklace, 
snakeskin, nose-rod, fly, flying bird or insect, simply because it 
calls to mind any of these objects (sketches 6 and 7). The conno- 
tation “fly” is not so readily apparent until it is understood that the 
Uta’mqt name any combination of small checks or squares ‘‘flies.”’ 
If the line is cut into long sections of alternating colors, it is called 
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cloud extended, embroidery design—probably because such lines 
were produced in old embroidery work—necklace, string of beads, 
nose-rod, dentalium shells, flying bird or insect, hair ribbon, or 
dragon fly (sketches 8, 9, 10, and 11). Thicker lines may be divided 
throughout their length horizontally (sketch 12), and are then known 
as clouds, dentalia or embroidery designs. If in addition to the hori- 
zontal division the line is cut vertically at intervals resulting in two 
rows of blocks of alternating colors beside the meanings given, we 
have rattlesnake, necklace and string of beads (sketches 13, 14, and 
15). The long blocks seem to be especially connected in the people’s 
minds with dentalia which they use in great amounts for decorations 
of all kinds. Smaller blocks obtained by the same manner of sub- 
division are more frequently interpreted as snake, bullsnake, or 
rattlesnake, or they may represent the entirely unassociated hair 
ribbon (sketch 16). More than two horizontal “layers” necessitat- 
ing a quite thick and sometimes short line are termed hairy cater- 
“ The following does not agree in all details with the explanations to Plates 78-94, but the differences 
are trifling. Mr. Teit collected the sketches at one time and wrote the explanations at another, so that 
neither list is quite complete. I have not made them uniform because the differences may in part be 
intentional.—F. B. 
