Made of cedar root bundle foundation and sewing strands; bucket shape with oval cross section, coiled with nearly whole surface covered with designs in brown, black, and straw colored materials (Xerophyllum tenax leaf and cedar bark) in imbrication technique.
Donor:
Mrs. Thomas Porter
Collection place:
Washington state
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington
Culture or time period:
Klikitat
Collector:
John T. Porter Family
Collection date:
ca. prob 1901 - 1905
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Berry baskets (food storage) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
A gathering basket for berries and roots, has 2 holes near rim for attachment of pack strap.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 31 centimeters and height 30 centimeters
Comment:
Of exceptional interest for the variety and placement of neoteric designs derived mainly from beadwork fitted into the spaces around the major "old time" pattern.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #62: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 6, 1975–February 6, 1975)