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be substituted as more appropriate. The design shown in Plate 40, 
b, was sometimes called a “root digger,” again, ““white man’s de- 
sign,’ but Trla’tko thought it really was intended to be a “‘dentalia”’ 
pattern in imitation of those embroidered on the headbands worn by 
girls. At any rate, she had seen it on such bands a very long time 
ago. An “eagle” was found in Plate 47, e. ‘‘Geese’’ are also rep- 
resented in Plate 46, e. The picture in Plate 57, f, was an old com- 
mon figure popular with the Uta’mqt, which they termed simply 
“mouths”? or “mouths and noses.”’ Trlai’tko had copied it from 
Uta’mqt baskets. She thought it had not been used by the Upper 
Thompson long ago and probably originated with the Uta’mqt. 
Tela'tko had made several varieties of flowers on her baskets. Lily- 
root figures were sometimes made touching one another in all direc- 
tions, but usually the custom was to separate them, and that is the 
way they are arranged at present. 
Terta’tko’s mother had told her the names of many more designs 
which she had forgotten. She said there were many old designs 
which had become obsolete. Many were entirely forgotten, since 
new designs were continually being introduced together with new 
variations and arrangements of older patterns. 
She had used many kinds of diamonds similar to those sketched 
here (fig. 122, 25), which she called ‘‘eyes.”” She also made ‘‘rain” 
and “‘deer’’ patterns and “beads” or “necklaces.” 
Like her sister, Trta’tko had certain pronounced tastes in regard 
to her selection of patterns. That shown in Plate 12, b, she had made 
only once because she had found thatit was toocommon. She did not 
make the “fly” designs and rarely ‘‘ arrowheads”’ for the same reason. 
She believed in trying to produce new effects and variations which 
she thought out. She did not object to copying patterns from 
strange baskets and had also revived ancient designs described to her 
by the old women of the tribe. According to her, some families or 
even individual women preferred using particular patterns, either 
from habit or because they liked them, but not because they could 
not make others. They were simply content to employ the same 
decorative devices over and over again, with almost no variation, 
since they served sufficiently well the purpose of ornamenting the 
basket. 
Terla’tko called all the droppers on Lillooet baskets “tsrné’ka.” 
She had heard and believed that these droppers were imitations of 
the embroidered flaps which the people formerly wore attached to 
their braids of hair. The flaps were usually long pieces of skin 
entirely covered with embroidery and often provided with pendants. 
They were worn on a level with the ears or a little below, one at each 
side, but if the hair was divided into three parts another tsené’ku 
was attached to the braid which hung down the back. Men some- 
times stuck feathers in them.* 
3 See Teit, “The Shuswap” (fig. 231). 
