Imbricated, oval. Design is vertical columns of connected rectangles in straw-colored and brown-dyed material. Rawhide loops and broken plaited fiber straps set in sides; undulating rim (damaged); decorations slant to side.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Washington state
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington
Culture or time period:
Klikitat
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
September 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
September 24, 1975
Context of use:
Food gathering basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 31.5 centimeters, width 31.5 centimeters, and length 40.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Broken sections of rim glued in place with Elmer's Glue.