Spruce Root Basket
Date1930
Mediumspruce root, grass, dye
DimensionsOther: 4 × 8 cm (1 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Other (lid): 1.3 × 8.3 cm (1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Other (lid): 1.3 × 8.3 cm (1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1354
Object numberHRC 01354
Descriptionsmall basket with lid, of spruce root done in z twining. base has a radial start of a few rows of z twining with double warps with single row z twining alternating with a broad passive weft. body is z twined as well as the lid. decorations are made of red, purple and orange dyed grass false eembroidered in hour glass shapes on body of basket and tip of lid. lid has a knob in the centre. warps are cut off at edges of basket and lid.collected in Masset, Alfred Adams gave documentation while in Vancouver
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