Small, round, grass basket w/ lid. A) Lid; center medallion (blue-grey) surrounded by 3 alternating concentric bands (blue-grey & natural), a narrow natural band and an alternating blue-grey & natural band at rim. Interior same design but purple. B) basket; natural grass w/ two ducks and a man in a boat decorating the sides - purple. Base is cedar bark strips.
Donor:
Elizabeth Colson
Collection place:
Olympic Peninsula, Western Washington
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
Elizabeth Colson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 9, 2011
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 6.2 centimeters and height 3.5 centimeters