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Item number E7571-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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BASKET MADE FROM CATTAIL, BEARGRASS & CEDAR BARK. THE RIM IS CONSTRUCTED OF A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT & BEARGRASS ADDED, WITH TWISTED BRANCH FOR LOOPS ALL AROUND,(SOME ARE MISSING). THE BASE HAS SPIRAL PLAIN TWINING WITH PARTIAL OVERLAY OF BEARGRASS TO FORM CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. THE BASKET IS DECORATED WITH ROWS OF DARK BROWN STARS AND BACKBONE DESIGNS ALTERNATING IN HORIZONTAL BANDS, FIVE IN ALL, DARK ON LIGHT. EXAMINED AND DESCRIBED BY CAROLYN MARR. ILLUS. FIG. 5 & 6, P. 47 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. IDENTIFIED ON P. 46 OF THIS PUBLICATION AS TWANA BUT " ... ATYPICAL OF TWANA WORK, RESEMBLING THE NEIGHBORING CHEHALIS AND QUINAULT, WHO ALSO USE THE SAME BORDER DESIGN, CALLED 'FLIES' OR 'STARS' .... THE MAIN DESIGN DEPICTS TWO TYPES OF FISH BACKBONE PATTERNS, VARIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS STURGEON, HERRING AND SALMON .... THE BASE IS PLAIN TWINING WITH PARTIAL OVERLAY ..."FROM CARD: "NO. 7571: EXCHANGE. MRS. J. G. SAYERS. 110 MARYLAND AVE. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4/10/1897."