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The nomenclature is at the present time still highly variable. There 
is no indication whatever that the terminology corresponds to any 
kind of symbolic meaning. 
In this respect the contrast between basket designs and rock 
painting, as described by Mr. Teit, is quite striking.” The making of 
the design is connected with certain ceremonials and they must be 
interpreted as crude pictographic representations. The forms which 
they attain may be influenced to a certain extent by decorative forms 
employed in basketry, painting, or carving; but their existence does 
not prove that the decorative elements applied in basketry are de- 
rived from symbolic prototypes. 
7°The rock paintings have a symbolic significance and the design is understood by the people. 
