Basket
29-175-676
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-676 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quinault |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cedar Bark | Bear Grass |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Grass; round, round bottom; flaring sides. Wrapped twining with warp and stiff weft of grass and flexible weft of grass except bottom weft which is also grass. Decoration: alternate bands of purple and red in overlay skip-stitch; red bands under edge, one continuous and one in skip-stitch and used in braid around edge. Edged topped with continuous free-standing loops of natural grass bound with purple. Medium size. |
| Height | 12.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 23.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 5/9455 - Collector Number |
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