The headdress seems to be a so-called war-bonnet, and would indicate that the figure was that of an important personage; perhaps a suggestion of what had been hoped for the child's position in the tribe or after death. The arms, body, legs, and feet are apparently bare and ornamented with ceremonial paintings, while about the waist is an apron. The whole object seems of a rather high order of art to be a mere child's doll, and it would seem more plausible to consider it as an emblematical figure. The general style of art and costume indicated show little or no resemblance to those of the Northwest Coast, but a strong relationship to those of the Plains. There are some incised lines on the pipe shown in Fig. 127. Those on the pipe shown in Fig. 104 are described on p. 131. In the Nez Perce region, according to Spinden, incised designs, some of them of a pictographic character and probably modern are found on pipes, and designs of ladder shape are found on a flat plummet-shaped bone object.[391] [391] Spinden, p. 188 and Plate VII, Fig. 31. _Notches._ The notch in the base of the spatulate object made of bone shown in Fig. 58 and the two notches in each side of the base may be for practical purposes but were probably intended to be artistic, while the six notches in the edge of the pendant made of slate shown in Fig. 81 probably also have been intended for decoration or even to make the object represent something although possibly the representation may be rather conventional. In the Nez Perce region to the east,[392] a notched stone has been found near Asotin and notches occur as decorations on objects found in the Thompson River region to the north, but, of this type, they are rare if not absent among archaeological finds on the coast to the west from Fort Rupert on northern Vancouver Island to Tacoma. [392] _Ibid._, p. 183, Plate IX, Fig. 3. _Circle and Dot Designs._ The circle and dot design is commonly found in this region. It may be seen on the top of the pestle shown in Fig. 30. There is one of these designs in the tip and eleven about equi-distant in a row around the edge of the knob. In the Nez Perce region to the east[393] the design is found on bone gambling pieces. Further east, this design is also found. This motive may be seen around the top of the bowl on a pipe (50-4867a, b) from the Gros Ventre Indians of Montana collected by Dr. Clark Wissler, which, however, is considered to be recent. To the west, it is not found among ancient things on the coast but among recent objects it may be seen on certain bone gambling cylinders and on beaver teeth used for dice. The design is common in the Thompson River region[394] and the Lillooet Valley between there and the coast.[395] It is perhaps even more frequently seen on the modern things among the Thompson River Indians[396] who often visit the Okanogan country. [393] Spinden, p. 252, Plate VII, Fig. 30. [394] Smith, (c), Fig. 378; (d), Fig. 109.