Basket Item Number: A488 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Cylindrical shaped basket that tapers slightly towards the base. Tight woven strands. Thick patterned strands near top. Four bands of faded black around perimeter.
This spruce-root cylindrical basket appears to be of Haida origin, but the collector (pre-1932) had tagged it as having been collected in Alert Bay. The basket may have been mislabelled by the collector, or it might have ended up in a Kwakwaka'wakw community through trade or intermarriage.