kaayd hllngaay 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 are two strand z-twist twining. One row of twill twining, z-twist, between base and wall. Rim is 3 ply twining, s-twist. In plain twining when natural weft is alternated with dyed weft, it is termed strawberry weave. The natural and dyed wefts, can be alternated in a way that either vertical or diagonal lines result.

Basket in plain twined weave, circular as viewed from the top with sides that narrow slightly towards the rim. The base has warps radiating from a central point in three distinct bands. The walls are decorated with three bands of light orange-red wefts as well as a single row of light orange-red along the base edge. The rim is three-ply twining with the warps cut off.