Description

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with geometric rectangle designs, two on long sides one on short, outlined in dark cherry bark with two smaller rectangles upper and lower in red cherry bark. Short vertical bands at corners in red and dark cherry bark. Four rows of cat-tail grass (?) beading on foot, which may indicate basket was made by a basket maker from Spuzzum, B.C. Fibre handles each side tied together.