Shopping Basket
About this object
Cultural context
basketry; storage; plant technology
Physical description
Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with two handles. Parallel wood slat base and wall construction. Overcast rim with root bundle foundation. Two loops, formed from the top row, are present on each of the longer sides. Two overcast handles are attached across the width of the basket to these loops. The basket is decorated with four rows of imbrication: a red row followed by a black row and then two more red ones.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
Before 1915
Date Acquired
16 Feb 1977
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 21.5 cm x 36.7 cm x 22 cm
Object Number
Nbz703