EXPLANATION OF CHITIMACHA BASKETRY-PLATE 25
 (N. M. Nos. 253508, 253507)

 The principal design in a is makc-nakc, "fish-scales," though it is also sometimes
given as the "broken plaits," which, as will be seen, it resembles closely. The
upper design in b is called niibc-kikkti, "turtle with a necktie," a name which no
one attempted to explain.