Basket Item Number: D1.357 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with lid, part (b). Parallel slat base and lid construction, cotton shoe lace ties. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?), with vertical bands of dark cherry bark triangles and diagonal stripes of cat-tail grass (?). Outer rim of lid continues the design. Top of rim has solid line of cat-tail grass (?), and parallel rows of cat-tail grass (?) beading.