Basket Item Number: 46.193.7 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
The object is a burden basket. The rim at the top is decorated with a basketry cord attached to the main basket at intervals of approximately 2 1/2 inches, creating a scalloped edge. The design is made by the imbrication techinque. Below the scalloped edge is a row of wolves with their tails up, (a characteristic marker of identity) circling the rim counterclockwise. There is a wave pattern throughout created by imbrication. There are four colors on the basket. The body of the basket is a natural warm brown color. The imbrication areas are natural light straw, natural? red, and dyed? dark brown. The basket is in good and stable condition. On the interior, there are some detached basketry fibers.
Credit Line
Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 46.193.7
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- cedar root, bark, grass and dye
- Overall
- length 10.25 in, width 10.625 in, height 10.625 in
Who
- Culture
- Skokomish and Coast Salish
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)