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referred to in the description of Californian designs. These de- 
signs also occur in the basketry from the interior of the State of 
Washington (Case R 12). 
The forms which we observe on 
the coast of Washington have also in- 
fluenced the type of basketry of the 
tribe of Cape Flattery, a branch of the 
Nootka, whose culture is similar to that of 
the more northern coast tribes. Among 
them we find many fine baskets with 
geometrical designs (Case N 10). These 
baskets are made on a foundation of 
cedar-bark, while the designs are exe- 
cuted in colored and bleached grass- 
stems. Most of the designs resemble in character the geometric 
designs of the southern coast tribes. It is, however, peculiar to 
this tribe, that on some of these baskets, whaling and fishing scenes, 
with canoes and their crew, are represented. Such scenes were 
also used in the ornamentation of the old type of hats that were 
worn in the eighteenth century, but which have gone out of use. 
