Basket
29-175-656
From: Washington (U. S. State) | Quinault River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-656 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quinault |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) | Quinault River |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce (uncertain) |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Splints of spruce? Twilled plaiting pro-ducing diagonal patterns; bottom is plain checkerboard. Two bands around body of basket of dyed(?) brown root or grass; two lines in each band, wrapped around each splint. Bottom has a red band of same and top, underneath edge, has another reddish band with material caught inside splint loops and brought over edge to bind the splints in place. |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Width | 13.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 5/9479 - Collector Number |
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