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Basket
- Material
- WOOD-BARK (CHERRY); WOOD-ROOT (SPRUCE); WOOD-WILLOW;
- Description
- Light colour woven round basket with a geometric design; fashioned in light, medium & dark bark strips. Sturdy base is smaller in circumference and thicker than the rim. It has a wrapped twine design edging along the rim with one handle (other is missing). Tightly woven.
- Category
- DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CONTAINER
- Description
- Light colour woven round basket with a geometric design; fashioned in light, medium & dark bark strips. Sturdy base is smaller in circumference and thicker than the rim. It has a wrapped twine design edging along the rim with one handle (other is missing). Tightly woven.
- History Of Use
- No known personal history on the donor at this time. Past cataloguing stated this basket was made by Coast Salish. The design is made with Cherry bark and Spruce root. The Salish technique is such that if the basket was soaked, it would become water tight and could be used in a method of cooking which utilized hot stones placed in the container.
- Material
- WOOD-BARK (CHERRY); WOOD-ROOT (SPRUCE); WOOD-WILLOW;
- Height
- 18
- Width
- 25.5
- Depth
- 15
- Diameter
- Base: 64
- Circumference
- 80
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1971.90.1 a
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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