Basket
Physical description
Part (a) Rounded cylindrical coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flanged lid, part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Rawhide handle on basket and one thong on lid. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with design in dark cherry bark of alternating bands of 'succession of tepees' (as per label) and solid line. Lid is convex and has flange. Two rows of 'arrow heads' separated by solid line, all in dark cherry bark, with two rows of solid dark cherry bark at center, all on cat-tail grass (?) background. Fibre string attached to one side of skin handle.
Categories
Materials
Cedar root Cherry bark Cat-tail grass? Rawhide skin Fibre Dye
Date Acquired
1952
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Part a: 9 cm x 15.5 cm
part b: 3 cm x 10.3 cm
Object Number
D1.345 a-b