Basket Item Number: 3512/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Circular basket with flared opening. Walls gently slope into a flat base. Five-petal flower design in centre bottom, with petals extending upward to middle of walls. Outline of ten petals surround central design, with tips of petals touching the dyed basket rim. Inverted triangle motif, alternating in size, formed in negative space between petals along basket opening. Patterns are visible on interior and exterior. Basket is golden brown, designs are done in brown-red.
Variation of the Heart of the Palm design.
Basket is formed with woven strands of grass, wrapped in mokola palm fibre.