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Oval-shaped woven basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b). Figures in green around centre portion of basket. Lid: one line of purple along rim; centre oval is orange with green swirl surrounding. Base: plaited origin; plain twined (over wide warp strands). Sides: twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange on basket.
Cylindrical basket (a) with fitted lid (b). Basket is decorated with upper and lower bands of purple triangles with alternating strips of red and yellow passing through horizontally; central discrete figures in a stepped design encircle the centre. Lid: central sunburst of black with two rows of purple triangles with alternating strips of red and yellow passing through. Base: plaited origin and plain twined work (over several warp strands). Sides: twisted twined work. Slightly indented flange around upper rim of basket holds lid in place.
Rounded, jar-like basket (a) with a flat, square base, flat shoulder, raised flange opening, and flat, circular, fitted lid (b). Base: checker work weave. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave. Lid: base and warp; cedar bark weft; natural and aniline-dyed swamp grass; purple and orange concentric bands. Sides: band composed of alternating orange and purple oblique lines. Colour: yellow.
Small rounded basket (part a) with a lid (part b). The basket (part a) bulges around the middle. Has plain twined weaving with crossed warp open-work twined weaving ("eye-hole") and twined and wicker weave at the top. Overlaid twined weaving (false embroidery) is on the cover (part b) and the basket (part a). Black twined weave areas around the middle of the basket (part a) has six upward pointing black triangles in a horizontal row in false embroidery, which (Emmons' Tlingit Basketry, p. 270, calls "half of head of salmon-berry"), while the lid (part b) has five downward pointing black triangles. Construction of the cover (part b) is very intricate.
Square swamp grass basket (a) with a square lid (b). Multicoloured linear patterning around the sides and lid: black, green, orange, and pink.
Handbag-like open work basket with tall sides, two bands of dark brown colour encircling the sides, and two twined handles attached to the upper rim opposite each other. Base is plaited. Sides are cross-warp twined. Rim is a splint which is overcast then the strands are braided. Handle is three twisted, wrapped strands.
A cylindrical basket with an open drawstring top. It is an open weave made from natural coloured materials. The drawstring extends out on both sides of the basket and each string attaches to a woven strap. A string is threaded through the bottom of the basket and each end attaches to a woven strap.
Rectangular woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket (part a) has a purple and natural-coloured checker pattern along the upper portion while the lower portion has a geometric diagonal line pattern of the same colours. The lid (part b) has a central diamond design on the top with a checker pattern around the sides in purple, black, and natural colour.
A rectangular, diagonal-plaited weave basket (checkerboard weave). Double line plaid design of darker bands are woven in.
Three rectangular-shaped woven pieces with one piece (part a) fitting into the other piece (part b), and a lining (part c) that fits inside one piece (part a). The first piece (part a) is green with a white zigzag strip with sun-burst-shapes woven along the bottom. The second piece (part b) has a white, red, and yellow geometric design on a green background. The last piece (part c) is plain, and natural-coloured. General wear.