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Plaited Basket

Date1919
Mediumcedar bark
DimensionsOther: 13.5 × 13 cm (5 5/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1254
Object numberHRC 01254
Descriptionflexdible strraightt sided square type. flat, square base consists of a warp and weft of cedar bark of equal width and flexibility worked in simple checker weave. the bark foundation is then bent over the sides with the body worked in same technique. to form the rim, the warp strands are truncated, bent diagonally to tthe exterior over the adjacent warp and fastened with a single row of two ply z twist twining of same material.
collected in Masset
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