Basket
29-175-672
From: Washington (U. S. State) | Quinault River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-672 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Quinault |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) | Quinault River |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cedar Bark | Bear Grass |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Probably pine root; flat bottom; flaring sides. Plain twining, rather small stitches. Edge braided and finally tied with native (?) string. Decoration: overlay twining of natural-colored grass; consists of single row below edge, then band of small triangles close together; vertical columns of diamonds joined together in middle, decreasing in size toward bottom, on sides of basket- 11 columns. Graduated size of diamonds gives optical illusion of basket being taller that it really is. Medium size; dry. |
| Height | 17.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9462 - Collector Number |
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