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

Basket constructed with two ply z-twist plain twined widely spaced except at transition from base to walls. Rim is finished by bending warp to left and down, and securing them in the top row of twining.

Basket with an overall cylindrical shape. The base has warps radiating from a central point. The warps are paired with twined weft widely spaced on the base. Two rows of twining demarcate a wall for the base with the wefts more closely spaced. The rim is folded down to the outside and secured by a row of twining.