COILED BASKET WITH IMBRICATED DECORATION; RECTANGULAR BASKET WITH A ROUNDED BASE AND LID MADE OF CEDAR ROOT, CHERRY BARK, HORSETAIL ROOT AND BEARGRASS. THE RIM IS OVERCAST, ONE COIL LOWERED DOWN WITH EDGES OF LID OVERCAST. THE BOTTOM HAS PARALLEL COILS FOLDED ACCORDIAN FASHION, AND THE LID IS CONSTRUCTED SIMILARLY. THE DECORATION ON THE LID CONSISTS OF ALTERNATING LONG AND SHORT BARS OF RED AND BLACK. THE BODY DESIGN IS A "BOX" TYPE MOTIF, DOUBLE LINES OF RED AND BLACK ON FRONT AND BACK, ALSO LADDER TYPE VERTICAL DESIGNS ON BOTH SIDES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," VIOLA & MARGOLIS, S.I. PRESS, 1985, P. 144. U.S.N.M. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1902, ABORIGINAL AMERICAN BASKETRY, OTIS MASON, PL. 158, P. 428. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.FROM CARD: "#2612- ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1902; PL. 158; P. 548."

FROM CARD: "OLD IMBRICATED BASKET, OVAL IN SHAPE; BRAIDED EDGE PIERCED FOR LEATHER LOOPS FOR CARRYING STRAP AND COMMERCE IN HANDLING. USED FOR STONE BOILING."

S'abadeb-Seattle Art Museum Names of individual basket makers are rarely known, although Judge James Wickersham--who collected this basket in 1899 just a few years after it was made--noted the name of the weaver, Siagut. Today, more scholars are turning their attention toward uncovering the work of particular artists.