Basket Item Number: A5031 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Part (a) Rectangular coiled basket with slat base and lid construction and bifurcated stitches on body, with lid, part (b). Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with designs of staggered horizontal bars of colour (red and black) eight stitches long. Lid is partially beaded with cat-tail grass (?), cherry and crabapple bark around rim, and three sections of horizontal bands of red and black beading. String tied at one long side.