The _Penobscot_ colander was found in use as such among the people of this Maine tribe and was made about 1841. It is quite possible that we took this as a pattern for our own metal colanders. (See Plate 10a) It is also quite possible that we copied the pattern of the _Catawba_, North Carolina, fish trap for our own minnow trap. (See Plate 4a) BASKETS OF UNIQUE DESIGNS AND USES The average weaver does not use more than five or six figures in a design. Case No. 3: _Mission_ of California—a quail and flying duck design. (See Plate 11b) Case No. 3: _Shoshone_ (Panamint), Death Valley California—Oriole design food bowl. (See Plate 11c) Case No. 9: _Choctaw_ of Oklahoma—Wall Pocket. (See Plate 16c) Case No. 9: _Niantic_ of Connecticut—clothes rinsing basket. (See Plate 19d) Case No. 10: _Chitimacha_ of Louisiana—an alligator intestine design. (See Plate 15c) Case No. 11: _Shoshone_ (Panamint), Death Valley, California—seventy figures in the design; including the American Eagle, crow in a tree, rocky mountain sheep, and lizard tracks in the sand. (See Plate 6b) Case No. 11: _Quinault_ of Washington—Clam gathering basket. (See Plate 14b) Case No. 12: _Cahuilla_ of California—food platter rattlesnake design. (See Plate 12a) Case No. 12: _Chemehueve_ of Arizona—a “stink bug” design. (See Plate 12c) Case No. 12: _Yavapai_ Apache of Arizona—a tarantula design. (See Plate 12d) Case No. 13: _Paiute_ of Nevada—porridge bowl. (See Plate 10b) Case No. 13: _Hoopa_ of California—grinding tray and stone. (See Plate 10d) THE VANISHING INDIAN? The vanishing Indian? He is not vanishing! In 1890, the Indian population in North America numbered about one quarter million and in 1963, records reveal there are over one million Indians. SYMBOLIC DESIGNS? There is the mistaken idea that one tribe “understands” the designs of another tribe and that there is symbolism, or meaning, to every design. Actually, _most_ designs are purely decorative renderings and they have no more symbolism for the Indian than a fabric design has for the general public.