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“notch” design. A photograph similar to Plate 49, d, was also 
submitted to her. She had never made the design like the one in 
the center on the basket portrayed, but had seen it and this was the 
case also with the simple ‘“‘mula” pattern of checks forming a dia- 
mond. She had forgotten its name but called it ‘‘ clusters.” 
Other designs made by W6dli’p.tsa are shown in Plates 8, d; 9, b; 
TAWA a Oy Aowlnde Gp Osl Gin AG DidOta Zs ily GsnSOn twins. 03 
also A. M. N.H. 16/1269; 16/1273; 16/4620; 16/9151; 16/9629; 16/9631. 
No. 11. This informant was named .swi’xa (Hair Streaming Out ?). 
Her parents had belonged to the Styne Creek and Similkameen Bands, 
Spences Bridge group. At the time she gave her information she 
was 78 years old. When a young woman she had made a number of 
baskets, but for many years before the time when she was questioned 
she had not made any. She had manufactured chiefly burden bas- 
kets and circular shapes of various sizes. In her work she had ranged 
from the smallest to the largest, but the majority of her pieces were 
medium sized. She could no longer see the designs very well, there- 
fore no information could be obtained from her concerning those 
represented by the sketches and photographs which Mr. Teit sub- 
mitted to all of the women. She had made “arrowhead,” ‘“‘snake,” 
“zigzag,’’ “ladder,’’ “scratch,” “coil,’’ “large and small bead,” 
“dentalia,”’ and a few other designs as a girl but had not made any 
“grave-box”’ or “mouth” patterns. 
No. 12. Tciaxa’tko ( Water) was a member of the Gladwin 
Band, part of the Lytton division. Her parents were connected 
with the Thompson, Lytton, and Styne Creek Bands. Tciaxa’tko 
spent her girlhood partly with the former two groups and partly at 
Gladwin. She was a sister of informant No. 13. At the time she 
was consulted about the baskets she was 50 years of age and had 
made baskets continuously ever since she was a small girl. Her 
mother and grandmother had been her teachers. She had made a 
great number of baskets and was still producing four or five a year, 
not specializing in any particular kind. 
She did not remember having made the same design twice, because 
she liked to try new effects.. She always visualized the complete 
pattern before she commenced to make it, even-to the smallest details, 
and this mental picture was often formed weeks or even months 
before she executed her ideas, during the time when she planned for her 
next basket. Again, however, she might not be able to determine 
upon her pattern until she was ready to begin the new piece. But 
she always knew what she would do before she started her work, and 
haying once decided did not change her mind, as some women did 
after a design was begun, thus building a different pattern on an old 
