Basket

Item number A8985 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Part (a) Urn shaped coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot, double looped border, and lid with knob and flange, part (b). Watch-spring base and lid construction. Imbricated designs of black cherry bark diamonds with center cat-tail grass (?) as top row near rim. Verical rows of graduated sizes of chevrons, largest at base, in varying colours; cat-tail grass (?0 at top, red cherry bark at middle, and two dark cherry bark chevrons near bottom filled in with red cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Between these vertical rows are single large 'V' shapes, in red and dark cherry bark, with cat-tail grass (?) at center. Imbrication on foot has bands of red and dark cherry bark near rim, then horizontal row of adjoined upside down triangles, in red cherry bark, cat-tail grass and dark cherry bark, alternating with reverse colour configuration. Top of handle is beaded in black and red cherry bark.