Collection of the Portland Art Museum.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Henrietta E. Failing.

Gift of Miss Mary Forbush Failing.

Round basket woven in a tight, square weave. Base is round, flaring widely toward the wrapped rim. Two sides have been pushed in, deforming the original shape. Two small interior handles made of twisted root sit across from each other just below the rim. (A small, thin cotton cord is attached near the rim, tied on the interior of the basket.)

Rectangular woven basket in a tight, square weave. Base is a small rectangle, and walls flare out toward the wide mouth. The exterior is decorated by thick vertical stripes of imbrication containing evenly spaced red and light brown horizontal lines. There are three stripes on each of the basket’s long sides, and two on the short.

Rectangular woven basket. Base is a rectangle, and walls flare out toward the wide mouth. The exterior is decorated on the top third with short, thin, horizontal strips of dark imbrication. On three sides, the mid-portion has vertical lines in red and black patterns while on the fourth side are stripes of red and black imbrication at the rim.

Small canoe-shaped basket. Basket is oblong, ends narrow, with a flat base and curved walls topped by an open, scalloped rim. Decoration is a square weave of black imbrication along base and rim, and dark red across the scallop design.