Basket Item Number: A5073 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Coiled basket (with bifurcated stitches) with looped border on rim and narrow foot. Watch-spring base construction. Imbricated design of two rows of checkerboard squares with either cat-tail grass (?) and red or dark cherry bark, with three continuous horizontal rows in center of basket in cat-tail grass (?) and center of dark cherry bark. Beading on top of looped border in red cherry bark, imbricated bands on base of foot in cat-tail grass and either red or dark cherry bark. Rope handle is tied to either side of basket looped border. Underside of basket has beaded red cherry bark.