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Description

Large rectangular basket (part a) with a lid (part b) made of slat construction. Basket has a 2 cm foot. Decorated with an imbricated downward pointing arrowhead design in black and red cherry bark, three on each long side and one on each short end. White grass decorates four sides of the basket. Top slat coil has red cherry bark beading and a 2 cm lip. Sides of the lid (part b) have black cherry bark beading and the top has black cherry bark arrowhead imbrication.

Iconographic Meaning

This type of plant design is fairly uncommon. Other baskets with this design have been attributed to the Cultus Lake area, Chilliwack and Musqueam. The late Sto:lo Elder Rosaleen George said she had been given a tree design from an Aunt at Musqueam. (She was related to the Point family.) According to Sto:lo basket maker Rena Point Bolton when a basket maker uses large quantities of red in the ornamentation, especially near the rim, the basket may have been made for a daughter or granddaughter. The use of large quantities of red is indicative of love for a female relative.

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