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BasketNb11.351

Square, open, straight-sided, sharp-shouldered basket with a square collared rim. Rim is made of two strips of reinforced cedar bark. Base is cedar bark checker work. Natural colour with faded brown and red diamond pattern at mid-point. At rim is band of brown with red. Visible only on the interior are thin bands of purple, yellow and green at the shoulder and base; these have faded to yellowish discolourations on the exterior of the basket. Diagonal 'seam' on the body of the basket, on one side where the diamond pattern is irregularly shaped.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, aniline dye ?, cedar bark and bear grass ?
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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