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Description

Basket base (a) and lid (b) composed of simple interlocking coiled work with bifurcated stitches on the sides. Parallel slat base and lid construction reinforced by stitches along edges. Flange indented on lid with overcast rim, beading and imbrication. The sides have four horizontal rows of double imbricated black stitches interrupted by vertical bands of alternating checker and solid lines. The lid has several rows of beading (every other coiled row) grouped into four panels. Rawhide thongs on lid and rawhide handles on narrower ends.

History Of Use

Storage basket.

Iconographic Meaning

According to Farrand (P. 395), this may be the "...'Cluster of Flies' [pattern] of the Lillooet or Lower Thompson".

Item History

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