Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . each, while the blocks in themselves are simplified formsof those used elsewhere, as may be noted in Figure 67,/. It is ratherinteresting that the rectangles are here carried out only in are six sectors filled out in this manner, but on the whole thework on them is quite haphazard and certainly does not rest uponany scheme of counting, and every sector is different in some partic-ular. At times the blocks consist of only two imbricated stitches;again, near the rim they are quite ias co
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . each, while the blocks in themselves are simplified formsof those used elsewhere, as may be noted in Figure 67,/. It is ratherinteresting that the rectangles are here carried out only in are six sectors filled out in this manner, but on the whole thework on them is quite haphazard and certainly does not rest uponany scheme of counting, and every sector is different in some partic-ular. At times the blocks consist of only two imbricated stitches;again, near the rim they are quite ias complete as those used in themain design; while those below are made smaller to accommodatethem to the narrower space. (Fig. 67, g.) In addition to all theother irregularities the blocks in these places are not located upon thesame coils as the corresponding ones in the adjacent complete rows(fig. 67, h), nor is the ordinary number of intervening coils adhered six sectors are also unevenly distributed about the basket, for Itaaifjinmn rMtt imiffifttoilUiiJOUtoiA^knrsR«ffiiiTSTAi»ii;i«id. Fig, 06.—Filler on comer ofbasket boas] APPLICATION OF DESIGN TO FIELD 279 two of them are near two corners while four are near the other gap is quite as wide as those which have been supplied withthese fillers and this is left entirely bare. Such a lack of symmetry is due not only to the fact that no attemptis made to count the stitches or to measure spaces, except by eye,but also to the womans poor judgment in spacing and incapacityfor calculation. Even in such work as this, where study reveals somany discrepancies, it is surprising how well the fmished productappears to the casual observer, and it is indeed remarkable thatsuch good results are obtained with such a complicated problemand by such methods as each woman has at her command. No
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