Basket Item Number: Ia335 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Square-shaped basket (part a) and lid (part b) that are approximately equal in size. Both the basket and the lid taper inwards around the middle. The bottom portion of the basket has two thick pieces of rattan(?) around its base and is fastened with evenly-spaced rattan(?) stitches around the perimeter. The lid has a braided outer rim, a vertically-stitched bottom edge and a thick rattan(?) handle on top. Two small loops are found on opposite sides of both the lid and the basket.