Basket Item Number: 2.5E1810 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Basketry was a woman's art. Women also wove cedar bark mats, capes, hats, and baby carriers. Baskets were used for gathering, cooking, and storing food. Today, as in the past, baskets are also made for sale and given as gifts at potlatches.
Automatically Generated From Material
The dye is black.
Item History
- Received from Found in the collection
What
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Found in the collection
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Found in the Ethnology Collection
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection