454 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ETH. ANN. 41 
No. 35 (Rosia Hannah) was about 26 years old. She belonged to 
the Kanaka Band of the Upper Uta’mqt division and began making 
baskets when a very little girl, Some years she produced as many as 
five or six, in others not more than two. She has never used any 
beading like that the Lillooet made and said none of the Kanaka did. 
She had made baby carriers. Her designs may be seen in plates: 
Frontispiece; 5, a; 11, a; 12, a; 14, a; 18, d; 22, d; 23, c; 24, a; 
24, c; 25, a; 28, d; 28, h; 35, a; 37, c; 37, d; 38, d; 39, a; 39, b; 
43, ¢; 46, a; 46, d; 46, e; 47, d; 49, f: 56, d; 57, c; 57, d; 58, a; also 
A. M. N. H. 16/1044; 16/1045; 16/4620; 16/5887; 16/8002; 16/8733; 
16/9151; 16/9236; 16/9628. 
Figures: 18, which is a variation of a star design the original of 
which had a small cross below as well as above. 
ReEsutts OBTAINED FROM Data CONCERNING THE INFORMANTS ® 
The information relating to the informants is, perhaps, not as full 
as might be desired. It does not seem likely that the data in regard 
to designs given by each of the informants are complete. Further- 
more, the distinctions made between similar designs are not all of 
the same order. Some women considered designs with a slight dif- 
ferentiation of arrangement or color as entirely distinct, even as new 
inventions, while others seem to have disregarded minor differences. 
It is hardly possible to determine from the data in hand any 
characteristic difference in distribution of design elements over the 
area inhabited by the Thompson Indians. It might seem that the 
designs from Lytton, in the center of the area, are more varied than 
any Others, but it so happens that the basket weavers of this region, 
who were questioned, were particularly skillful. Taking the region 
as a whole and all the individuals questioned, certain designs were 
claimed by each woman to be made only by her, while others she 
had in common with one or more other individuals. Counting the 
total amount of designs which were made in common with other 
individuals, one or more, we find that about one-eighth of all the 
designs are claimed as made by one person only. There are, how- 
ever, very great differences. For instance, we find that designs of 
No. 19 occur one hundred and twenty times in common with other 
individuals, while she has only two that she claims as belonging to 
her alone. On the other hand, we find that the designs of No. 21 
occur sixty-seven times with other individuals, while she claims 
nineteen as her own. Similar conditions prevail for Nos. 20 and 22, 
for whom the respective numbers of designs held in common 
and alone are fifty-one and eleven, and fifty-five and fourteen. 
This may indicate a strong individuality for the women who have 
5 By Helen H. Roberts. 
