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COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 
{ETH. ANN, 41 
MeraAsuREMENT TrERmMs—Continued 
English 
Salish 
Remarks 
One span, thumb to second | -shw,pekst 
finger 
One finger length and two 
finger breadths, i. e., full | 
length of the back of the 
middle finger of the right 
hand joint by joint from 
tip to knuckle, with the 
additional breadth of the 
first two fingers of the left 
hand 
stlé/xekst, .sté’x.kst 
sei’.a tek .sza’/xekst 
.sza’ xekst et sia’ kst 
Meaning two spans 
Parts or BAskETs 
Coil 
Bottom, i. e., bottom of an 
object 
Beginning of coil 
End of coil 
Foot (saucer, 
Side of burden basket resting 
on the back of the bearer 
Side of a basket, i. e., side of 
an object 
Side of burden basket next 
to the bearer 
Long side of burden basket 
next to the bearer 
Side of burden basket away | 
from the bearer 
Long side of burden basket 
away from the bearer 
Short side of burden basket, 
i. e., side of an object 
Short ends of burden basket 
Short side of burden basket 
to right hand of the bearer 
Short side of burden basket 
to left hand of the bearer 
Rim of a basket, i. e., rim of 
an object 
Its rim 
Rim or edge of a basket 
zi'l.pa 
.zil.pas 
.sza/nemM. 
.sza/nEmMs 
-nkama’p 
nkrma’p 
-ntcimertha’p 
teu’ktcatmn, 
ternten 
-ntspka’pten 
tcuk- 
.Sstlekpma’pken 
-nkemetné’ut, 
kemetené’/ut 
kweltama’pkren 
tatai’kmn 
.s.ai.tskaapken 
aitskai’ ken 
nkemkrema’ks 
-nkema’ks 
-nkemkema’ksts 
-sihai’.st 
.stsuk.ai’.st 
-skemtci/n 
.skemtci/ns 
.skpma’/nns 
Its coil 
From za’npm 
To move in a circle 
From tci’/mrt beginning 
From tctk finished, fin- 
ished-rim-thing 
Literally “what bottom is 
set up in” 
Term given by informant 
No. 5 
a 
From kwé.’lt to carry, 
term given by informant 
No. 35. 
From tala’.t close, next, 
term given by inform- 
ant No. 8 
From ai’.tska outside, 
term given by inform- 
ants Nos. 5 and 35 
From ai’.tska outside, 
term given by inform- 
ant No. 8 
Its ends 
Literally ‘‘good surface,” 
“right-hand surface,” 
from i’a good (i in com- 
pounds; siha’kst right 
hand) 
From .stsuk.(a/kst) left 
(hand) 
Term applied to a sharp 
edge, not much used in 
connection with baskets 
