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Spruce Root Basket

Date1919
Mediumspruce root, cotton, cedar bark
DimensionsOther: 45 × 42 cm (17 11/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1220
Object numberHRC 01220
Descriptionlarge double warp basket with a radial start. base iss closely z twined. sides alternate single rows of z twining and single rows of checkerweaving. the rim has 8 rows of close z twining and a braided finish. cotton handles are stitched to the sides in 2 places. a blue cotton cloth covvers a large break in teh rim. a cotton handle is stitched to the blue cloth. a rope loop handle of string and cedar bark is attached to 2 cotton handles. a string is looped through the rim, around the circumference.
collected in Masset
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