ts’uu k’al skaayxan (Basket)

Basketry filled a vital need as containers for storage, domestic use and transportation of goods. Some had multiple uses; others were made for specific functions. After European contact, used for trade and sale items. Forms have been altered to meet European tastes. Basketry making was and is a women's art.

domestic storage; cooking; transport

Base and walls 2 ply, z-twist twining alternating with plaiting, called paired warps; centre and outer edge of base in z-twist twining. Handle attachment, s-twist.

Round basket with flared sides. Base has radiating warps from central point, centre in plain twining, remainder in plaiting and twining. Base decorated with two sections of medium brown wefts in plaiting; one section adjacent to centre twining, second section around outer edge of base. At transition from base to sides there are four rows of twining. Walls, alternate twining and plaiting with two bands of decoration. Each band is four rows of dark brown twining alternating with light brown plaiting. Rim reinforced with bundle, wrapped with cedar bark.