Tsimshian Coin Purse

Plaited Basket

Small plaited cedar bark purse with a delicate, silk ribbon-wrapped, braided bark handle.

Pacific Northwest

North America

Tsimshian

First Nation

4-1/2 in

8-7/8 in

Total height from base to fully extended handle is 8 7/8"; purse height is 4". Width at rim is 4 1/2"; width at base is 3 1/4".

Cedar Bark

Plain plaiting, 1/1 and 1/2 interval, closed spacing

Self Binding Plaited Selvage

The basket is nearly all 1/1 plaiting, with bands about 1/4 up from the base and from the rim that are 1/2 plaiting.