Basket

According to Sto:lo basket maker Frieda George this type of basket might be used to carry food or maybe laundry in.

commercial art trade

Two handled basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches). Decorated with partial imbrication using red and black cherry bark and tule reed. Parallel slat base construction on the coil worked handles. Design consists of a pattern of a spear-like floral motif radiating from a central stem with three sets of three on each long side and two sets of three on each short end.