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Base is checkerwork with plain and wrapped twining. Walls are wrapped twined weaving.

Cultural Context

Domestic trade

History Of Use

Basketry was traditionally used for domestic purposes, storage, and transportation or goods. Baskets had value as potlatch gifts and after European contact, as trade and sale items. Acquired or traditional designs were and are recorded by the weaver on the pattern basket. The weaver could then stitch count the design when weaving other baskets.

Description

Cylindrical, wrapped twined, pattern basket (a) with slightly scalloped rim. Woven around a plastic honey container (b). Walls decorated with many patterns: two swimming deer, whale attached to canoe containing two persons, whale eating boat, whale, three triangular trees, flower and leaves, two ducks, five sitting birds, ten flying birds, two wolf or serpent headdress representations, three thunderbirds, one bird with wings over yellow head, one dark blue and red-purple bird. Band of dark blue and green at top and bottom of basket. Base has square of cedar bark checker work weaving at centre surrounded by three rows of plain twining, wrapped twining completes base.