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Catalog Number |
1-403 |
Object Name |
Basket |
Cultural Affiliation |
Makah |
Description |
Round twined basket. One broad band of color, made of beargrass. Basket is 6" dia and 4" bottom, 2 3/4" high. Self-ending rim. Colors of beargrass are orange, purple, green, and natural. Sweetgrass twined bottom; warp sweetgrass; beargrass wrapped twining Extended Visual Description Object is a small soft sided basket. Bottom is a large coiled base. Sides are of a smaller weave. Slightly below middle of side is an orange band with light tan and brown bands above and below. Rim shows some wear but is not broken. Inside where bottom and sides meet is a green line woven into basket. Basket is round. |
Material |
Grass/Beargrass/Sweetgrass/Cattail |
Search Terms |
North America Washington State Washington, Western Region Makah |
Comments |