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CYLINDRICAL BASKET WITH ROUNDED BASE AND FLARED SIDES MADE OF SPRUCE ROOT AND BEARGRASS. THE RIM CONSTRUCTION IS OVERCAST, WITH LOOPS OF ROOT SEWN ON, AND A RAWHIDE THONG LACED THROUGH LOOPS. THE BASE CONSISTS OF TWO GROUPS OF WARPS (4 TOTAL) SEWN TOGETHER, WITH PLAIN TURNING. THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF OVERLAY WITH ALTERNATING COLORS OF BROWN AND WHITE. PUBLICATION: ILLUS. IN "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," BY VIOLA & MARGOLIS, S.I. PRESS 1985, P. 144. U.S.N.M. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, OTIS MASON, PL. 165, P. 548. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, 1987-89. RETURNED FROM SITES, 1988.From card: "#2709 - Illus.in USNM Rept, 1902; Pl. 165; p. 548."ILLUS. FIG. 7, P. 48 AND DISCUSSED P. 47 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984 AND ID THERE AS STIFF-TWINED BASKET, SPRUCE ROOTS, OVERLAY DECORATION DESIGN IS CALLED "CASCADE" AMONG PUGET SOUND SALISH. QUINAULT MANUFACTURE BUT MOST LIKELY COLLECTED FROM THE TWANA.