Basket
29-175-666
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-666 |
| 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 | Round; straight sides and flat bottom. Wrapped twining except for bottom which is first plaited cedar bark and then twined with bark warps and grass wefts. Remainder of basket: marsh grass(?), some dyed brownish-purple (probably aniline); yellow is squaw grass. Decoration: two panels at top and bottom of bands of brown, yellow, brown and diagonal parallelograms. Rim: finished with dark braid and free-standing wrapped loops of brown and light brown. |
| Height | 9.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 5/7799 - Collector Number |
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