Basket Item Number: 3512/13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Circular basket with flared opening. Walls slope into a small flat base. Basket walls are decorated with alternating small triangles and wide curved lines with three-pronged tips. Motifs extend downward from rim; triangles reach middle of walls, lines touch edges of base. Base is undecorated. Patterns are visible on interior and exterior. Basket is golden brown, designs are done in dark brown.

Specific Techniques

Basket is formed with woven strands of grass, wrapped in mokola palm fibre.

Iconographic Meaning

Head of the Bull design.