Basket Item Number: A8464 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Part (a) Circular, flared basket (with bifurcated stitches) with lid part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction, and a foot of three coiled rows. Double coiled top row on basket to support rim. Imbricated design of alternating bands of horizontal stripes in black cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) in between, and red cherry bark with cat-tail grass (?) between. The foot has two rows of imbrication, one black and one white. Lid has two of these horizontal bands of stripes as on body, and double row of red in centre of lid. Twine handle.