Twined, bucket shape. Exterior sides covered with plain straw-colored overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf, narrow red band near rim. Loops for cross-lacing. Cedar root warp and weft.
Donor:
Mrs. Thomas Porter
Collection place:
Willapa Bay, Pacific County, Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Pacific; Willapa Bay
Culture or time period:
Lower Chinook
Collector:
John T. Porter Family
Collection date:
1902-1905
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Berry baskets (food storage) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Basket for gathering berries and other wild foodstuffs.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 27 centimeters and diameter 34 centimeters
Comment:
Made by women.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #62: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 6, 1975–February 6, 1975)