Basket Lid

Close twined cover or lid for basket (30-11-14A). Made of split roots of the spruce tree, natural color. Decorated with straw false embroidery around the side in two rows of "leaves of fireweed" patterns in faded orange and black. The top of the lid is decorated with straw false embroidery in an alternating "war club" and "cross" pattern in faded orange and black. The edge between the side and the top features a repeating pattern of one black and two natural wefts. Natural Indian dyes.

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Lid (lip): 12 wefts per square inch. Lid: 15 warps, 25 wefts per square inch. Lid no knob.