Cylindrical Basketwork (2) Item Number: E7965-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

AS OF 2006, CAT. # 7965 CONSISTS OF ONE COLUMN OF 4 CYLINDRICAL WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? RINGS, AND ONE COLUMN OF 6 WOVEN SPRUCE-ROOT? RINGS. THESE OBJECTS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "POTLATCH RINGS," AND ARE USUALLY USED ON TOPS OF HATS. IT MAY BE THAT ONE OF THESE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE CAT # 7964?, WHICH WAS NOT LOCATED DURING THE INVENTORY. -F. PICKERING 5-10-2006