Basket
29-175-655
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-655 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quileute |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cedar Bark | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Rectangular with flaring sides and rounded bottom; perhaps a storage basket. Made by plaiting; loose; with spaces between materials, which are splints perhaps of spruce root(?). Edge is loosely bound with looped stitches. two handles on long side are twisted. Remnants of some sort of decoration in the form of extra splints dyed dark brown but no pattern is discernible. |
| Height | 32 cm |
| Length | 42 cm |
| Width | 35 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 5/7840 - Collector Number |
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