Cedar bark basket. Base is rectangular, and short, straight walls lead to a rounded rim. Interior is divided in half by a partition also made of bark, top rounded and sitting higher than basket edge, with a hole for a handle at centre. Imbrication in dark red and black cherry bark decorates the sides of the basket in sets of short diagonal lines.

Cedar bark basket. Base is a long, thin rectangle with rounded corners, sides flaring slightly outward toward the rim. Among the wrapped cedar of the body are alternating rows of black and red cherry wood woven into the wrappings, and three rows of imbrication in the same bark set in small groupings. Two hide strap handles are attached below the rim.

Woven bark basket. Base is a rectangle with rounded corners, sides flaring up and outward toward the rim. Among the wrapped strips of cedar in rows along the body are two rows of imbricated diamond shaped designs at top and a single line of gammadion crosses around the bottom. Several thongs of hide are attached as loops through the basket near the lip, through which is strung a braided wool cord with a wide handle. Handle is woven with pink and brown fibres in a diagonal pattern.

Rectangular coiled basket (bifurcated stitches) with foot and attached convex lid (part b), with metal knob and fibre at top. Parallel slat base construction. Imbricated design of parallel vertical bands of alternating dark cherry bark and grass, three sections on long side and one on short. Rawhide closure at front and two hinges at back. Top of lid is beaded with red cherry bark and grass. Rim of lid is beaded in grass in checkerboard pattern, with side including red cherry bark. Cedar root slat foundation with coiled elements of cedar root; imbrication in red and black cherry bark and bullrush; rawhide hinges and loop; lead button; string handle on top.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Large burden basket with strap. Basket is constructed in a sturdy, open weave, wide at the mouth, narrowing sharply to a small rectangular base. Base is woven in a herringbone pattern. The lip is wrapped with cherry bark, which is also used as a decorative element in the body of the basket as strands of the warp. A rope of coarse plant fibre is attached around the lip by twists of cedar root, with a carrying strap of woven wool in dark brown and blue attached on one side.

Basket with lid. Basket is round, with a wide shoulder that narrows toward a narrower mouth at top, and a smaller base. The exterior is decorated with cherry bark imbrication in a repeating lightning design in alternating bolts of dark and light brown. The interior bottom is imbricated in a butterfly wing design of triangles in three shades of brown bark. The lid (part b) is slightly domed, with an inset lip and is topped with a round handle at centre. Handle is held to the lid by a short length of white rope attached to a small piece of wood on the underside. Lid is similarly decorated with the repeating lightning design.

Strip of dried cherry bark, curled into a long tube and tied with string. Prepared for use in the construction of woven baskets.

Small woven basket with scalloped rim. Basket is oblong and rounded, with a checked pattern of cherry bark encircling the exterior in four rows. The openwork scalloped rim is made of wrapped root.