Basket Item Number: A8474 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Small coil basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid and handle. Watch-spring base and lid construction, indented flange on lid. Coiled handle attached with coiled elements on body. Foot of two coiled rows. Imbricated pattern on shoulder of basket in zig-zag shape in red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Sides have bands of alternating dark cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) and red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?). Foot has red cherry bark beading. Lid has flower shaped imbrication of one row each red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?).