MALLERY. ] PICTOGRAPHS ON BASKETS. 217 
Some of the California tribes are expert workers in grass and roots 
in the manufacture of baskets, upon which designs other than for mere 
ornamentation are frequently worked. The Yokuts, at Tule river 
Agency, in the southeastern part of the State, sometimes incorporate 
various human forms in which the arms are suspended at the sides of 
the body with the hands directed outward to either side. Above the 
head is a heavy horizontal line. 
The following is extracted from Prof. O. T. Mason’s (a) paper on 
basket work, describing Fig. 161: 
ais a rain hat of twined basketry in spruce root trom Haida Indians. This figure 
is the upper view and shows the ornamentation in red and black paint. The de- 
vice in this instance is the epitomized form of a bird, perhaps a duck. Omitting 
the red cross on the top the beak, jaws, and nostrils are shown; the eyes at the 
sides near the top, and just behind them the ears. The wings, feet, and tail, inclos- 
ing a human face, are shown on the margin. The Haida, as well as other coast In- 
dians from Cape Flattery to Mount Saint Elias, cover everything of use with totemic 
devices in painting and carving. 
b shows the conical shape of a. The painted ornamentation on these hats is laid 
on in black and red in the conventional manner of ornamentation in vogue among 
the Haidas and used in the reproduction of their various totems on all of their houses, 
wood and slate carvings, and implements. 
Mr. Niblack (b) says, describing Fig. 162: 
The Chilkat and cedar-bark blankets are important factors in all ceremonial 
dances and functions. Other forms of ceremonial blankets or mantles are made from 
Hudson Bay Company blankets, with totemic figures worked on them in a variety 
of ways. The usuai method is to cut out the totemic figure in red cloth and sew it 
on to the garment (ornamenting it with borders of beads and buttons) by the method 
known as appliqué work; another method is to sew pieces of bright abalone or pearl 
shell or pearl buttons on to the garment in the totemic patterns. The illustration 
is a drawing of a vestment which hangs down the back, representing the totem or 
crest of the wearer. 
This specimen is mentioned as the workmanship of the Tsimshian 
Indians, at Point Simpson, British Columbia, and represents the halibut. 
Fig. 162.—Tsimshian blanket. 
