Round with flat base, sides slightly flaring, checkerboard imbrication in natural and pale orange on natural ground, 4 leather loops attached at upper edge. Made of cedar bark weft, willow warp, and bear grass: natural and dyed. Coiled.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake and Frank Otis Blake
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
March 11, 1987
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 9.8 centimeters and diameter 17 centimeters