Basket Item Number: 2005-21/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
S'abadeb-Seattle Art Museum Names of individual basket makers are rarely known, although Judge James Wickersham--who collected this basket in 1899 just a few years after it was made--noted the name of the weaver, Siagut. Today, more scholars are turning their attention toward uncovering the work of particular artists.
Item History
- Made by Siagut
- Received from John A. Putnam
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 2005-21/1
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, split root, bear grass, cedar bark, horsetail and leather
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, imbricated and knotted
- Overall
- length 14.2 in, height 11.5 in, width 11.7 in
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Cowlitz and Coast Salish: Nisqually
- Creator
- Siagut
- Received from
- John A. Putnam
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Geometric ~ Zig-zag | Stripes
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection