Small woven round basket. Round opening, then basket widens in the middle, then tapers to a flat base. Pattern of four dark diamonds on sides. Rim is ringed with a band of alternating yellow and brown strands in between dark brown and light brown bands. Base is light brown with a ring of light brown dots around it.

FROM CARD: "PRESENTED TO ORDNANCE MUSEUM BY LIEUT. F. V. GREENE, ENG. CORPS, U.S.A., JAN. 16, 1877."

FROM CARD: "[Formerly] ON EXHIBIT IN NHB HALL 9, IDENTIFIED THERE AS CENTRAL ALGONKIAN. LEDGER LISTS NO PEOPLE OR LOCALITY INFORMATION." Thunderbird design. Northwest Coast location/attribution on catalogue card is in error, if this is indeed Central Algonkian.

FROM CARD: "SECTION INCLUDING ALL LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT AND PART OF LEFT QUADRANT MISSING; HOWEVER DESIGN CAN BE DETERMINED WITH REASONABLE ACCURACY FROM EXISTING PIECE. LINEAR BORDER SURROUNDING OUTSIDE OF ALTERNATE RED AND SIZE MARKING PARALLEL LINES; EXTENSION INTO HEAD AREA OF PARALLEL LINES OF SIMILAR CHARACTER. LARGE CENTER AREA DIVIDED INTO QUADRANTS BY INTERSECTING BANDS OF RED LINES AND SIZE MARKINGS. WITHIN EACH QUADRANT IS COMPLEX MOTIVE CONSISTING OF A CIRCLE ('SUN SYMBOL'?) ELABORATED WITH DOUBLE CURVES; (EACH QUADRANT IS BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL ON LONG AXIS). THE ENTIRE PAINTED DESIGN COULD ACCURATELY BE REPRODUCED IN A COLOR PAINTING FROM THE EXISTING FRAGMENT. THE PAINTED DESIGN MORE CLOSELY APPROXIMATES NASKAPI STYLE THAN PLAINS INDIAN PAINTING. PROBABLY FROM THE NORTHERN WOODLANDS - GREAT LAKES AREA - JOHN C. EWERS, JAN. 16, 1948." Artifact is illus. Fig. 2, p. 61 in "Ceremonial Robes of the Montagnais-Naskapi" by Alika Podolinsky Webber, American Indian Art Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 1983, and identified there as "Ceremonial robe fragment. Naskapi [Innu] ... Native tanned unsmoked caribou skin. 100.5 cm long, 63 cm wide. The large center area is divided into quadrants by intersecting bands of red lines and size markings. Within each quadrant is a complex motif consisting of a circle elaborated with double curves; and the circle itself is divided into four equal sections forming a cross." Possible meanings of the design are also discussed on pp. 67-68 in the same article.

From card: "Soft soled; beadwork floral design on red strouding over the instep; lined in flannel. Correct descriptions should be: People: Northeast Indians; Locality: Northeast Woodlands - W. Sturtevant Curator, n. Amer. Ethn. (4/85)".