Boas] APPENDIX 435 
No. 7. Julia was amember of the Lytton Band of Upper Thompson. 
Her father was a Lytton, her mother was partly Greek, partly 
Stlaxa’iux". When interviewed, Julia was only 17. She had been 
brought up at Lytton and had made her first basket when very young, 
but nevertheless had completed very few. The designs she chose are 
represented in Sketches 36, 157, 180, 225, 426, 592. She had imbri- 
cated a number of letters which were the initials of names she knew, 
such as S, T, A, H, W, Z, M. The letters H and Z she had used in 
decorative fashion, placing the former in horizontal rows, the latter 
in vertical series. W she had taken as her own mark, which she was 
accustomed to place at the corners of baskets. 
The shapes she had made were all small, and were circular, square 
or fancy. The bottoms of her square ones were all constructed by 
means of a watch-spring coil which had been thickened at intervals 
on each round, in order to produce corners. She had observed people 
who made baskets as long as she could remember and in addition had 
been given some instruction by her mother and aunt, but she did 
not care much for the work. She had made some simple beading 
such as Over one and under one, and also over one and under two. 
No. 8. Koi’n.tko (—— Water). This informant was aged 58 and 
was living at Spences Bridge. She had originally belonged to the 
Thompson Band, and had grown up among them. At the time she 
was questioned hor eyes were in a very bad condition so that she was 
unable to see the sketches presented to her for identification. How- 
ever, she said that she had executed only a few designs in the days 
when she was young and making baskets and that those she did 
make were all very common. It had been at least 35 years since she 
had done any work of this kind. All the shapes she had made were 
circular and rather small. 
No. 9. Kapi’nek (Soft Bow), 37 years old, had lived all her life at 
Lytton, being of Lytton descent, with a slight admixture of Uta’mqt 
blood. Her mother and various other relatives had taught her the 
art of basket making and she had practiced it to a great extent. At 
the time she was interviewed she was still in the habit of making a 
number every year, sometimes as many as 10 or more, of different 
sizes. More recently she confined herself practically to the manu- 
facture of circular and fancy shapes, although during her life she had 
made all varieties. Kapi’nek had made many designs, for she seldom 
duplicated her patterns. Some of these may be seen in Plate 52, 
a, e, 7, 7, but she had made many others. She also made a design 
which she called “caterpillar” or “hairy caterpillar.” (Fig. 122, 
22.) She seldom repeats patterns on different baskets without 
some variation. 
