Basket Item Number: D1.301 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flange, attached lid and short foot. Watch-spring lid construction. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with vertical rows of circles in dark cherry bark. Three rows of beading on foot in dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) between. Lid has seven fish-shaped figures around the lid in dark cherry bark on cat-tail grass (?) background. Twine lid attachment. Fragments on bottom of foot indicate may have had a looped border at one time.