Basket

Physical description

Cylindrical flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with second cylindrical coiled work at center. Imbricated design on outer basket is one horizontal zig-zag, in dark cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and red cherry bark, and reverse of material. Bottom row of beading above foot is in cat-tail grass (?). Inner coiled basket has beaded dark cherry bark rim and four beaded rows in cat-tail grass (?), red cherry bark, cat-tail grass (?), and dark cherry bark. Watch-spring base construction. Foot has four rows of beaded cat-tail grass (?), indicating this basket may have been made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C.