Basket

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with looped row under rim, and a coiled handle. Parallel slat base and side construction. Imbricated designs, on long sides are wide vertical band of alternating rows in cat-tail grass (?), dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), red cherry bark, and dark cherry bark between two more rows of cat-tail grass (?). Flanking this are two narrower vertical bands of red cherry bark half-triangles connected and on a background of cat-tail grass (?). On short sides are two dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) checkerboard bands, but center design differes. One has same narrow band as long side, the other has a geometric scrollin cat-tail grass (?) with row of red cherry bark at center.