THE THOMPSON INDIANS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. TEIT, JAMES MEMOIRS, 2, 1900

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and attached lid. Parallel splint base and lid construction. Imbricated design of five rows of parallel bands in alternating colours of red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?). Foot has one solid band of cherry bark, a band alternating in red and dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?), and what remains of a bottom row of dark cherry bark. Lid has four rows of diamonds in dark cherry bark outline, cat-tail grass (?) and dark cherry bark centers. The two rows at rim are half diamonds. String ties through lid and rim of basket.

Rectangular basket (a) with two handles and a flat, fitted lid (b). Simple interlocking coiled work; parallel slat foundation (with large reinforcement stitches); flange (slat) for lid is indented 1" or so at top. Foot: two staggered rows of red cherry bark. Body: front and back; eight checkerboard designs in red with two black central ones. Sides: two larger versions (in red) of the same form; all designs set against white bullrush.

Rounded coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with flange, attached lid and short foot. Watch-spring lid construction. Parallel slat base construction. Fully imbricated in cat-tail grass (?) with vertical rows of circles in dark cherry bark. Three rows of beading on foot in dark cherry bark and cat-tail grass (?) between. Lid has seven fish-shaped figures around the lid in dark cherry bark on cat-tail grass (?) background. Twine lid attachment. Fragments on bottom of foot indicate may have had a looped border at one time.

Basket with simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches), and an elongated watch-spring base construction. Partially imbricated with vertical bands with continuous cross-shapes in center in bulrush, alternating on black and red ground with the opposing colour in the center of each cross.

Flared rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Imbricated with same vertical rows on three sides, in "cluster of flies" checkerboard pattern in cat-tail grass (?), red and dark cherry bark. Back side has narrower version in width of two stitches. Remains of dark cherry bark beading along rim. String loops through two corners on one long side. Rawhide front thong.

Roughly rectangular basket with flaring sides and horizontal linear patterning in red, black and white beading. Simple coiled work (bifurcated stitches); elongated watch-spring base construction; partially beaded. Horizontal beaded design; every fifth row is beaded in alternating colours.