Burden Basket
About this object
History of use
Burden basket
Iconographic meaning
This basket features the cluster of flies pattern.
Physical description
Roughly rectangular, tan-coloured basket with flaring sides and the remnants of scalloped loopwork along the upper rim. Coiled cedar root basket with parallel splint base construction, single strand loopwork rim and partial imbrication. Geometric motifs alternating in black/bulrush and red/bulrush: four horizontal and four vertical rows in phase with each other.
Date Made
Before 1928
Date Acquired
May 1948
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 22.5 cm x 37 cm x 25 cm
Object Number
A3218