Spruce Root Basket
Date1930
Mediumspruce root, grass, dye
DimensionsOther: 4 × 7.3 cm (1 9/16 × 2 7/8 in.)
Other (lid): 1.5 × 7.8 cm (9/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Other (lid): 1.5 × 7.8 cm (9/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1355
Object numberHRC 01355
Descriptionsmall basket and lid, made of spruce root. basket is z twined with a radial start. yellow, orange, pink, blue and brown dyed grass is false embroidered in rectangle designs encircling the body of hte basket and on top of hte lid. lid has a knob in the centre which is made of brown dyed z twined spruce root.collected in Masset, documentation by Alfred Adams while in Vancouver.
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