Large, circular, woven cedar basket with lid. The basket is round at the base and flares out toward the shoulder, narrowing again toward the rim. Basket is coiled in construction, with a fine horizontal pattern of imbrication over every other coil. Two small handles sit on the shoulder, attached by leather thongs. The lid is slightly convex and is topped by a coiled knob. The fine imbrication continues on the lid, there is a diamond motif closer to the centre, the knob is surrounded by an 8 point star in red and is topped with another in brown. Three leather thongs attach the lid to the basket.

Large, rectangular, woven cedar basket with lid. The basket is decorated with thick imbricated lines, horizontal, diagonal, and vertical, on all sides. Two long leather handles hang down, each attached to both long sides of the basket. On the front is a narrow leather fringe with glass beads, and thongs on both basket and lid to tie it closed. At the back are two leather “hinges” attaching the lid to the basket. The lid is very slightly convex.

Large, rectangular, woven cedar basket with lid. The basket is covered in a checkerboard imbrication in light brown and red. A large imbricated zigzag is overlaid, in red, light and dark browns. The lid is flat and attached to the basket by strips of hide on one of the longer sides, while hide thongs tie it closed on the other. A large imbricated ‘x’ decorates the top of the lid.

Rectangular cedar basket with attached lid. Imbricated inverted triangles in dark red, black and light brown decorate each side. The lid is attached to the basket by two hide thongs on one of the longer sides. It is flat with a slightly raised edge and a wrapped and braided half circle handle at the centre also attached with leather thongs. The lid has an inner rim that sits inside the basket, and the top is decorated with several lines of imbrication down the centre and an encircling line around the edge.

Rounded cedar basket with lid. The basket is flat at the back, rounded at front and sides, and flaring from the rear corners toward the front. The sides are vertically straight. The lid (part b) was at one time attached by two hide thongs at the back, which remain. A handle (part c) was once attached to the front curve of the basket, and a long leather thong that tied the basket closed hangs from the front just under the rim. The lid has a leather receiving loop for the thong. The top of the lid and bottom of the basket are decorated with large imbricated diamonds, while the sides have several smaller imbricated diamonds.