c'aʔaawac (Basket)

This basket was made for sale to tourists, etc. The shape of the basket is non-traditional.

Collected by Barnabas Courtland Freeman between 1893 and 1903.

used for carrying

A rectangular carrying basket with a checker work base and two narrow strips, also plaited at top and bottom. The body is twined with imagery of a purple whale and bird on one side and purple canoe and birds on the other. The rim is wrapped and two handles are twisted. Strips of twining at the top and bottom, adjacent to the plaiting, are multi-coloured with the predominant one being purple.