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."

Attributed to U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection on the catalogue card, however Jane Walsh doubts that attribution.

[E2123-0 and E2123-1] TWO NARROW WOVEN BELTS WHICH ARE SEWN AT EITHER END. BOTH WOVEN IN A ZIGZAG PATTERN OF BLUE, RED, YELLOW, LIGHT BLUE-GREEN AND NATURAL COLORS. PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 641. ONE BELT [E2123-1] ] WAS FORMERLY ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.FROM CARD: "SMALL & NARROW. WOVEN OF VARIOUS COLORED WOOLS IN ZIGZAG PATTERN."Illus. Fig. 30, p. 88 in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.

STRAIGHT-SIDED CYLINDRICAL BASKET MADE OF CATTAIL, BEARGRASS AND CEDAR BARK. THE RIM HAS A FALSE BRAID WITH CEDAR ROOT ADDED AND LOOPS OF TWISTED BRANCH (HAZEL?) ALL ROUND. THE BASE HAS A 2/2 TWILL OVERLAID WITH BEARGRASS AND BLACK-DYED CEDAR BARK. THE DESIGN TECHNIQUES INCLUDE OVERLAY, COLOR ALTERATION REVERSE (FULL TWIST OVERLAY) PATTERN ON INSIDE RIM. THE RIM DESIGN HAS ELBOW- LEGGED DOGS. THE BODY DESIGN CONSISTS OF SALMON GILLS IN DIAGONAL ROWS, UP TO LEFT IN BROWN AND BLACK ON WHITE BACKGROUND. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAUTRAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION. ILLUS. FIG. 3 & 4, P. 46 IN "SALISH BASKETS FROM THE WILKES EXPEDITION" BY CAROLYN J. MARR, AMERICAN INDIAN ART MAGAZINE, VOL. 9, NO. 3, 1984, AND ID THERE AS SOFT-TWINED BASKET; LOOPS OF TWISTED CEDAR ROOTS AT RIM, TWANA, DECORATED IN OVERLAY WITH DESIGNS OF DOGS IN RIM AREA AND SALMON GILLS IN MAIN FIELD.

*SEE* A TIME OF GATHERING BY ROBIN K. WRIGHT, 1991, P. 100 WHERE THIS OBJECT IS IDENTIFIED AS A MOUNTAIN SHEEP HORN LADLE, COLUMBIA RIVER; COLLECTED FROM CHINOOK BUT MAY HAVE BEEN MADE FURTHER UPRIVER BY THE WISHRAM OR WASCO. FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL.7, NORTHWEST COAST, FIG. 4C, PG. 539. 701 LOANED TO RENWICK 9/10/81. RETURNED 8/1983. LENT TO THE BURKE MUSEUM, 2/23/89. ILLUS.: P.90, P1.92, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. LOAN RETURNED OCT.10,1989." OBJECT IS ILLUSTRATED ON P. 8 ("C") OF DAVID IVES BUSHNELL, "DRAWINGS BY GEORGE GIBBS IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 1849-1851," SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 97.8 (1938). - STEVEN L. GRAFE 1997. Bushnell indicates object was collected by George Gibbs probably in 1850 or 1851.Pamela Cardenas, Shayleen Macy and Valerie Switzler of the Wasco delegation from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs made these comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit Aug 31-Sept 4, 2015. For the Wasco, the cup or bowl is the center of the culture, it is what our stories are based off. Our creation stories are based off coming out of a spring that was shaped like a bowl. These objects are unique to our tribe because it represents us. We don't differentiate between a cup, ladle/spoon, or bowl. Shayleen noted that it is interesting how the Wasco don't make the designs anymore, the simple zigzags, triangles and chevrons. This horn bowl work hasn't been carried into the contemporary. You used to see these all around, everyone had them, but not anymore. Mountain sheep is 'kakwiq' or 'kakwik' in Kiksht. There are still mountain sheep around, they live in the mountains along the Columbia River, but that's not where our reservation is. You can see the sheep from the mountains, we can hunt them because it is ceded land. Our ceded land runs from Mount Hood to Multnomah Falls. Kiksht is the language of the Wasco tribe.

FROM CARD: "DEPOSITED WITH SMITHSONIAN INST." Note: Neg. #s 2002-12257 and 2002-12296 are photos of three of these paddle models with canoe model Catalogue # E2583.