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Catalog Number |
1-427AB |
Object Name |
Basket |
Cultural Affiliation |
Salish/Sahaptin |
Description |
Oval cedar root coiled basket; flat back looks as if from use, not structural design. no decoration. Tumpline attached, but not as would have been worn. A real utility basket with oval start such as this basket would have been made and used all along the berry picking region = Cascade Mtns. Note: these are called "hard" baskets (coiled) vs "soft" twined baskets. Nettie Jackson made a similar sized, 10 gallon, basket from 3am to noon over the course of 3 months, which was fully imbricated; does not include time to gather and split materials. Also note: roots don't require "hard" basket for protection as berries do; so softer twined bags used for roots. Extended Visual Description Large tan threaded open basket with straw and yarn styled handles, leather loops, and an inward sinking shape. The leather loops hold the straw netting and a yarn pattern and are grey at6cm in height with 2cm sticking out of the basket. One side of the rope handle is bare, thin, and finely braided and the other is tick, up to 4cm wide, with multiple styles of pattern included within it - cumulating 1.5cm of grey yarn, a line of white string, a 16cm section of scattered bare rope with orange and white thread, a sewn in cotton label, 1cm of red sewing, and a mix of blue and white yarn sewing 11cm long supported by dirty leather loops up to 8cm long. There is strands of leather sewn around the rim holding the fracture in the basket's treading together two times at the rim. One side is distinctly more concave than the other, sinking heavily inward in the middle. Inside, the backs of the leather loops can be seen. There are white specks of residue, and leftover label made of paper and string and a silver item on the base. |
Material |
Rope/Root, Cedar/Wool |
Dimensions |
H-42 W-41.5 D-27 cm |
Search Terms |
North America Washington State Cascade Mts Sahaptin Salish Washington, Central Region |
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