Description

Basket base (a) with elongated shape and rounded sides that taper inwards from the shoulder and sland upwards towards the top back across a lid (b). The basket is constructed from coiled cedar root with a parallel splint base and lid construction, rawhide hinges and ties. The basket is decorated with partial imbrication with a horizontal zigzag design across the top in black/light yellow-brown/red/light yellow-brown/black. Along the bottom section of the basket base is a tree designs in alternating red and black. There are also four black and red diamond shapes in black/red on the sides, and four in a row on the reverse. The lid has two staggered rows of tree shapes in alternating red and black.