. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 416 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. Especial attention is liero called to the .sharpened stake which has a circular board on toj). This is driven into the ground, and the woman seated works upward instead of downward, as in most cases. This si:)ecimen, Catalogue No. 89033 in the U. S National Museum, was procured in Queen Charlotte Archipelago b}- James G. Swan. (See fig. 148.) It will be remembered that in an ancient drawing showing how t
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 416 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. Especial attention is liero called to the .sharpened stake which has a circular board on toj). This is driven into the ground, and the woman seated works upward instead of downward, as in most cases. This si:)ecimen, Catalogue No. 89033 in the U. S National Museum, was procured in Queen Charlotte Archipelago b}- James G. Swan. (See fig. 148.) It will be remembered that in an ancient drawing showing how the Virginia woiuen made ])asketry the woman is seated in pre- cisely the same fashion and is working from below upward. Plate 140 represents old twined wallets of the Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia. The material is splints of spruce, some of which have been dyed sim- ply by immersing in dark-colored mud. The Haidas used little color decoration other than black bands in their work, but they have learned the art of producing figures b}' in- cluding more than Avarp element in the twining. They also know the art of three-strand twined work, as will be seen on the upper border of the two larger wallets. The borders are finished off by false embroidery. Plate 150 represents a compan}^ of Haida Indian basketmakers, pho- tographed by J. G. Swan. They are in modern dress, but wear nose ring and lal)ret common to their Fig. 118. virginia indian woman weaving a basket. After W. H. Holmes. THE FRASER-COLTTMBIA REGION Basketry is the most expressive veliicle of tlie tribe's individualitv, Hie embodiment of its mythology pnd folklore, tradition, poetry, art, and spiritual aspiration.—Neltje Blanchan. The next general area for study will be the drainage region of the Eraser River and the Columbia River. The families to be visited will be the Chimmeseyan, Wakashan or Aht, Salishan, Shahaptian, and Chinookan. Other smaller groups are scattered around and will
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