Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 54.—Corner of basket ened connecting line between the zigzags at the corner. Figure 55also shows the extremely successful concealment of the jump, which inthis design is scarcely noticeable. On the left face the apex of each di-agonal is one coil higher than those which correspond on the right face. boas] APPLICATION OF DESIGN TO FIELD 269. Flo. 56.—Corner o( basket. 217467 Figure 56 is taken from a basket whose maker -«-as far too ingeni-ous to wrestle with corner problems. That s
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 54.—Corner of basket ened connecting line between the zigzags at the corner. Figure 55also shows the extremely successful concealment of the jump, which inthis design is scarcely noticeable. On the left face the apex of each di-agonal is one coil higher than those which correspond on the right face. boas] APPLICATION OF DESIGN TO FIELD 269. Flo. 56.—Corner o( basket. 217467 Figure 56 is taken from a basket whose maker -«-as far too ingeni-ous to wrestle with corner problems. That she could have done sobetter, perhaps, than most of her fellow workers is demonstratedby her remarkably well placed de-signs and even work. Undoubtedljshe preferred a vertical ahgnmentfor the loose ends of the superposedzigzags rather than the compromiseswhich might have been necessaryat the comers. Doctor Haeberlinremarks concerning it as follows: This basket and its ornamentation aremost beautifully made. The regularit\-shown by the exact measurements proxosthat in a basket of this kind the surfaceas such is ornamented and that greatpains have been devoted to the task ofdividing the surface correctly. Sketch a, Figure 56, is a reproduction of a section of the pattern,showing the careful nature of the work. The treatment of the jump ina basket with horizontal bandeddecoration is illustrated in Figiu-e57; a gives the general scheme o
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