Basket Item Number: D1.328 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with rounded shoulder and attached lid. Parallel splint construction (top lid and base). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with vertical rows of parallel bands in dark cherry bark. Parallel horizontal row at middle of basket, with perpendicular bar at regular intervals, in red cherry bark. Catalogue terms "design of flying insect". Lid has parallel bands of dark cherry bark at rim. One solid row of cat-tail grass (?) at top edge of lid, beaded rows of cat-tail grass (?). String attachments.