Burden Basket

Burden basket

Rectangluar flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Elongated watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of vertical bands in checkerboard "cluster of flies" pattern, alternating in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and black cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Beaded cherry bark along rim. Fibre sewn into both long sides near rim.