Small twined novelty basket (a) of cedar fibers; two rows of black fiber around bottom, reddish band (now faded on outside) around center, brown band beneath encased bark strip at top. Lid (b) also has two row of black fiber around lower edge.
Donor:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
Collector:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection date:
1950-1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions