Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . act forms of the vertical zigzag which it may be contendedare attempts at realistic representation, such as 122 to 125, are calledstriped snake. Sketches 126 and 127 of zigzags composed of diagonal53666°—28 21 312 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ETH. ANN. 41 and horizontal sections are very rare. No interpretation has beenfound for them. In spite of their different derivation, zigzags composed of verticaland horizontal sections, whether narrow or broad, are invariablygiven the common interp
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . act forms of the vertical zigzag which it may be contendedare attempts at realistic representation, such as 122 to 125, are calledstriped snake. Sketches 126 and 127 of zigzags composed of diagonal53666°—28 21 312 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ETH. ANN. 41 and horizontal sections are very rare. No interpretation has beenfound for them. In spite of their different derivation, zigzags composed of verticaland horizontal sections, whether narrow or broad, are invariablygiven the common interpretations of snake track, worm, grasshopper,or occasionally lightning (sketches 128 to 131). No name could befound for a zigzag of three lines in close formation, such as is shownin sketch 132. The pyramid zigzag (sketches 133, 134) is more oftenconsidered as a mountain or necklace pattern, but it may be calledsimply zigzag. Rarely it is thought to be a caterpillar. The. chevron.—The chevron, pomt down, is called arrowpoint,angle, or butterfly wing (sketches 135 to 137). The last figure is. 140 141
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