Basket
| Object Number: | 29-175-666 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Quileute |
| Provenience: | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cedar Bark Grass |
| Technique: | Basketry |
| Height: | 9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 11.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number: | 5/7799 - Collector Number |
Description
Round; straight sides and flat bottom. Wrapped twining except for bottom which is first plaited cedar bark and then twined with bark warps and grass wefts. Remainder of basket: marsh grass(?), some dyed brownish-purple (probably aniline); yellow is squaw grass. Decoration: two panels at top and bottom of bands of brown, yellow, brown and diagonal parallelograms. Rim: finished with dark braid and free-standing wrapped loops of brown and light brown.
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