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1930] Kelly: Yuki Basketry 429

of the preceding coil, catches it between every other stitch, alternating
with the brown sewing strand. In such cases the stitches of the final
row have a decided slant as compared with those on the body of the
basket (fig. 1). The same situation may obtain when the sewing· ele-
ments are of the same color. In one case, for example, two white

Fig. 1. Rim finish showing slanting stitches.

strands, alternating as above described, are used in sewing the last
row. Although there is no chang·e in color, the final row has a slant
which contrasts pleasantly with the preceding rows. This is not well
illustrated in any of the plates and is not a particularly marked
characteristic of Yuki work.

Motifs and Designs
Block, mottled, and negative patterns are almost lacking. Two
examples of the first are shown in plates 121b and f. All-over patterns
in the form of mottled designs do not occur, although the surface of
the basket is often completely covered by horizontal bands, by stepped
parallel diagonals (fig. 3a,) or, as in one case, by a series of over-
lapping: parallelograms (fig. 3b) arranged in diagonal rows of alter-
nating brown and white. The only two instances of negative design
are shown in plate 12le and in figure 3d.
The sum total of Yuki motifs is indeed small, as about half of the
decorated baskets have only plain horizontal stripes. The . rectang1e,
as the component element in the stepped diagonal (pl. 124h), is prob-
ably the most frequent motif. It is found in other capacities, how-
ever, principally as a recurrent element between horizontal bands
(fig. 2e).