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Basket, Spruce Root - Inartaq



Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
Basket, Spruce Root
II-A-6858
Spruce Root;Grass
Height: 10" Width: 10.5" Length: 11.25"
Unknown
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From Wickersham collection, from Ferry Museum, Tacoma, WA. Twined spruce root basket. Cylindrical, with slight flare. Decorated with false embroidery in three consecutive horizontal bands. Bands 1 and 3 are "the cross" (see gloss) and "half the head of salmonberry." Center band is the "tying" pattern. Design covers upper 2/3 of the basket.