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Description

Rectangular shaped, flattened basket, with decorated walls and two handles. Base in checker work plaiting with seven rows of yellow-brown decoration. Sides are decorated with six bands of diagonal plaiting in yellow-brown and black. Decorative band around the top of the basket in light brown and dark brown. Twining rim appears braided. Handles, three ply twisted cedar, are slotted through the sides one-third of the way down and knotted inside.

History Of Use

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.

Cultural Context

domestic storage; cooking; transport

Specific Techniques

Technique used to make this basket is simple diagonal plaiting. The rim was finished by bending the warp to the right and down on the exterior and securing them with a single row of 2 ply twining; the ends of the warp elements were then tucked inside to give the rim its braided appearance.

Item History

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