pika-uu (Unfinished Basket)

About this object

Narrative

Collection of basket making materials (1413/1-26), sold to M. Davis by Dora Frank's son; then Davis sold the collection to MOA.

Cultural context

Physical description

A small light yellow-brown cylindrical basket with the rest of the weave left unfinished from the rim where it tilts highly and freely over the basket. The design consists of green, blue, and red fish around the side with green and blue horizontal rows above and below around the side of the basket.