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. Some forms were altered to meet European tastes. Basketry making was a women's art.

domestic storage; cooking; transport

Basket and lid woven with 2 ply twining z-twist. Arrow and v-shaped decorations were accomplished with twill twining. Rims of basket and lid are finished with 3 ply twining with the warp members trimmed close to the weft. Strawberry weave is the name commonly given to the technique of alternating weft colours in plain twining.

Basket base (a) and lid (b). The basket is cylindrical with a convex base, the warps radiating from a centre point. The walls of the basket are decorated with a band of wide purple and natural root consisting of four pairs of arrow shapes, points facing one another, along the lower edge and four wide v-shapes along the upper edge. The rim is three-ply twining with the warps cut off. The lid is slightly concave, with warps radiating from a central point. The lid is decorated with a centre circle of dark purple-brown and alternating purple-brown and natural root wefts with nine double arched lines in diagonal twining. The rim of the lid is three-ply twining with the warps cut off.