Burden Basket
About this object
History of use
Burden basket
Iconographic meaning
The design on this basket represents mountain chains.
Physical description
Rectangular flared coiled basket (bifurcated stitches). Parallel slat base and wall construction. Upper basket is fully imbricated in grass, with two parallel stepped zig-zag designs in dark cherry bark. Dark cherry bark stitches at intervals around rim. Lower portion of basket has three short bands on all sides except one that has two, in grass and dark cherry bark, in "cluster of flies" checkerboard pattern. Rawhide loops on one side. String handles on other sides.
Categories
Date Made
C. 1900
Date Acquired
1932
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 28 cm x 39.8 cm x 31.3 cm
Object Number
A9011