Cedar bark mat with concentric square pattern. [CAK 28/05/2010]

Tan basket (part a) of simple interlocking coiled work (bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base construction. Sides are open work with the slats alternating with loop work rows. The basket has a handle (now separated, part b). The rim is finished with a looped row with a plain row over it. Beading over the side slats (four beaded rows/slat). Alternating and staggered cherry bark and cat-tail grass strips, either black or red cherry bark for entire slat.

Small, roughly cylindrical spruce root basket (a) with lightly flaring sides and a flat, fitted lid (b). Designs consist of three bands with central band in green, purple and natural (open rhomboid design). Wrapped twined weaving.

Part (a) Rectangular coiled storage basket (bifurcated stitches) with lid, part (b). Parallel base construction and elongated watch-spring coiled lid construction. Fully imbricated with cat-tail grass (?) and vertical zig-zag rows alternating in red and dark cherry bark. Two coil handles over rawhide on each short side. Basket has inner and outer rim. Row of solid cherry bark imbrication at outer rim and at base. Lid also fully imbricated with cat-tail grass(?) and has two continuous horizontal zig-zag rows of dark cherry bark near rim and red cherry bark above. Rectangular outlines in dark cherry bark around center, with red cherry bark filled in. Coil handle is missing at center.

Small rectangular cedar root basket. Imbrication all the way around the sides is of a light coloured grass, with red and dark brown cherry bark creating a pattern of double diamonds, bordered with vertical bands in red and dark brown. Green thread is stitched around basket near rim.