Large rectangular basket. Walls of basket (part a) angle outward from base to inset rim. Decoration is an imbricated diamonds, large in the centre, small at top, and lines at bottom and corners, in light brown, dark red and black. Rim is decorated in a thin line of imbrication in the same colours. Lid (part b) fits snugly onto basket lip, and is divided into two sides by a thick line of checked imbrication. Each side has several small diamonds in light brown, dark red, and black. Handles were once attached to the basket’s short sides and lid at centre.

Painted bentwood box. Rectangular box is painted on all sides with images of animals and faces in black and red. Two of its corners are reinforced with metal plates attached with nails. The front panel (part b) is detached and shows an oval face at centre, with hands at the sides, possibly wearing a headdress? The face is embellished with metal studs along its perimeter, mouth, and nose. The box is attached to its base by long metal nails. Parts c, d, and e are fragments from the front panel.

Unpainted rectangular bentwood chest or box is attached to a thick base that protrudes out slightly from the walls at an angle. It is reinforced with angled wooden slats on the interior bottom edges. Two thin fibre ropes hang from the front centre panel. Lid (part b) is carved from a single piece of wood with an underside lip that fits into the box. Underside is slightly concave.

dredged from Lehigh Quarry

Woven tray. Cedar root, imbricated cherry bark.

Rectangular basket.

Round with two handles.

Medium-sized round/oval cedar basket with lid. Basket: Along the shoulder, there is a upward pointing triangular zigzag pattern. The triangles are outlined in black decorative imbrication. The triangles are red imbrication. Closer to the base, there is an upward pointing triangular zigzag pattern. The triangles are outlined on two sides with black decorative imbrication. The triangles are light brown imbrication. The base is flat. Lid: Handle is in the center and is encircled by outward facing triangular zigzag pattern. The triangles are outlined in black decorative imbrication. The triangles are red imbrication.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.