James Magee about 1794 (Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass., Cat. Nos. 256, 255); _o_, From Neah Bay, collected by Hon. James Wickersham (from cast in U. S. National Museum, Cat. No. 198030); _p_, 16/855, From shell-heap at Cadboro Bay; _q_, 16/911 Bishop Collection; _r_, 16/1100 Excavated on Songish Reservation 286 ” 300. House posts, Lower Fraser River, from photograph by Harlan I. Smith 288 ” 301. Basket, Lower Chehalis (Private Property) 289 ” 302. Designs on matting (A. M. N. H. _a_, 16/9990; _b_, 16/8222), Kwakiutl 289 ” 303. Woven hat of spruce root, Kwakiutl (A. M. N. H. 16/9993) 290 ” 304. Decorative designs from Tlingit basketry (From G. T. Emmons, The Basketry of the Tlingit Indians) 291 ” 305. Decorative designs from Tlingit basketry (From G. T. Emmons, The Basketry of the Tlingit Indians) 293 ” 306. _a_, Rawhide pouch, Salish or Chinook, collected by Wilkes, 1840; _b_, Design from parfleche, Fort Colville, Washington (United States National Museum, 2618 and 672) 296 ” 307. Scraper of bone, Tahltan (Private Property) 297 ” 308. Detail of imbricated basketry 297 EXPLANATION OF PLATES Plate I. Basketry of Maidu (From Roland B. Dixon, Basketry Designs of California, Bull. Am. Museum of Natural History, Vol. 17). opp. p. 18 ” II. Body Painting of an Andaman Islander (From Brown, The Andaman Islanders) 32 ” III. Melanesian House 34 ” IV. Peruvian Textiles (From Charles W. Mead, Boas Anniversary Volume, Pl. X) 46 ” V. Kumiss Goblets of the Yakut (From W. Jochelson, Boas Anniversary Volume, Pl. XXI) 54 ” VI. Shaman’s Dress, Amur River (A. M. N. H.) 66 ” VII. Woven Pouch, British Columbia (A. M. N. H.) 124 ” VIII. Woven Blanket, New Zealand, United States National Museum 182 ” IX. Carved Figure, British Columbia, Linden Museum, Stuttgart 184 ” X. Chilkat Blanket, Ethnological Museum, Copenhagen 278 ” XI. Cedarbark Blanket, British Columbia, British Museum 278