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STRAIGHT-SIDED CYLINDRICAL BASKET MADE OF CATTAIL, BEARGRASS AND CEDAR BARK. THE RIM HAS A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT ADDED AND LOOPS OF TWISTED BRANCH (HAZEL?) ALL ROUND. THE BASE HAS A 2/2 TWILL OVERLAID WITH BEARGRASS AND BLACK-DYED CEDAR BARK. THE DESIGN TECHNIQUES INCLUDE OVERLAY, COLOR ALTERATION REVERSE (FULL TWIST OVERLAY) PATTERN ON INSIDE RIM. THE RIM DESIGN HAS ELBOW- LEGGED DOGS. THE BODY DESIGN CONSISTS OF SALMON GILLS IN DIAGONAL ROWS, UP TO LEFT IN BROWN AND BLACK ON WHITE BACKGROUND. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAUTRAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION. ILLUS. FIG. 3 & 4, P. 46 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS SOFT-TWINED BASKET; LOOPS OF TWISTED CEDAR ROOTS AT RIM, TWANA, DECORATED IN OVERLAY WITH DESIGNS OF DOGS IN RIM AREA AND SALMON GILLS IN MAIN FIELD.