The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Gift of the Harris Family descendants, Port Orford, Oregon.

From card: "For berries."

FROM CARD: "VERY FINE SPECIMEN IN YELLOW, BROWN AND NATURAL; DESIGNS IN FRONT ROWS OF DEER ON YELLOW BACKGROUND; REAR ZIGZAGS HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED ON YELLOW BANDS. TWINED WEAVING." OBJECT WAS ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS MAKAH, NEAH BAY, B.C., HOWEVER THE MAKAH OF NEAH BAY ARE IN WASHINGTON STATE.BASKET WAS ILLUS. FIG. 16, P. 51 AND DISCUSSED P. 50 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. ID THERE AS LARGE FLAT WRAPPED TWINED BAG, MISTAKENLY CATALOGUED AS MAKAH, BUT ACTUALLY CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WEAVE 14 WARPS AND 15 WEFTS PER INCH, 31.8 CM. H, 52.1 CM. DIA., 40 CM. W.. Illus. p. 252 and discussed p. 252 and p. 383 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as materials: sweet grass sedge (Scirpus americanus), bear grass, cedar bark, and sea grass. Design: on the rim is a common motif known as the hell-diver bird. The animals shown are probably elk. Illus. Fig. 9.11, p. 209 in Brotherton, Barbara. 2008. S'abadeb = The gifts : Pacific Coast Salish arts and artists. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press. Figure caption identifies design: "obverse side displays three bands of deer with one narrow band of birds near the rim; the reverse shows four horizontal bands of zigzags."

AS OF 2003 THERE ARE 3 BASKETS WITH THIS CATALOGUE # IN THE COLLECTIONS, ALONG WITH ET20353 & 4 WHICH FORMERLY BORE THIS #. LARGEST OF 3 WAS ILLUS. FIG. 17, P. 51 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS FLAT WRAPPED TWINED BAG WITH POCKETS ON BOTH SIDES, CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WOVEN ON CONTINUOUS WARP, WITH CONTRASTING DESIGNS ON BACK. MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A WALLET TO CARRY AND TRANSPORT PERSONAL GOODS. 23.5 CM. H,; 19.4 CM. W..1 LIGHT YELLOWISH TAN BASKET WITH LIGHT BROWN DESIGNS AND DARKER BROWN TRIANGLES AT RIM, WITH ATTACHED LOOPS ALL AROUND. THE BASKET IS BRITTLE AND LOOPS HAVE BROKEN OFF AT ONE SECTION. THE BRAID AROUND THE RIM IS OF A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAN THE REST. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN ORIGINAL SHIPPING LABEL READS, "WM ROBERTS EX EX VINCENS- 1 BASKET". THIS OBJECT WAS EXCHANGED WITH THE DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM IN 1867 AND WAS LOCATED THERE IN 1987. DANISH CATALOGUE NUMBER IS H-1383. THE BASKET HAS NO S.I. CATALOGUE NUMBER, BUT FOR THE PRESENT IS # 2708.

From card: "Clams & salmon. Mostly used by Til." As of 2011, basket is in damaged/fragmentary condition.

AS OF 2003 THERE ARE 3 BASKETS WITH THIS NUMBER. LARGEST HAS STRIPED DESIGN IN MAIN FIELD AND RED WOOLEN YARN INSERTED AS A TWINING ELEMENT. THE OTHER TWO WERE BOTH ILLUS. IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984. ONE BASKET WAS FIG. 13, P. 50 AND DISCUSSED P. 49, ID AS WRAPPED TWINED CYLINDER BASKET, CHEHALIS?, HORIZONTAL CHECKERBOARD BANDS IN MAIN FIELD, MYTHICAL ANIMAL FIGURES CALLED C'AYUM BY CHEHALIS DECORATE RIM, 12.7 CM. W; 13 CM. H.. THIRD BASKET FIG. 15, P. 51 AND DISCUSSED P. 50, ID AS SMALL WRAPPED TWINED BASKETRY BAG, CLATSOP OR TILLAMOOK, WOVEN WITH RED WOOLEN YARN INSERTED AS A TWINING ELEMENT; DESIGNS INCLUDE DEER, ELK, AND HUMANLIKE FIGURE, 13.6 CM. H, 14 CM. DIA., 10.8 CM. W..Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution, or at least no Peale number has been identified for these pieces.