Basket

About this object

History of use

Work basket

Physical description

Coiled work basket (bifurcated stitches); base construction is elongated watch-spring along diagonal with filler each side. Sides of basket curve in at four sides. Top rim has slight lip. Foot is fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?), with four red and four dark cherry bark beads. Imbricated design on body is one band of groups of three crosses in red or dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) centers. Under lip is same pattern of imbrication as on foot. On top rim, fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and black cherry bark.