Kwakiutl Clam Basket

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Kwakiutl Clam Basket

Description

Great old basket with an indigenous rawhide repair on the base. Old ink quill label indicates it is from Quatrino, at the northeast end of Vancouver island.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Kwakiutl

Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

9-3/8 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Length

15-1/4 in

Material

Cedar - Split, Cedar Root, Leather - Rawhide

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Plaited

Twined Finish

Compound binding, coiled finish

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Open Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Lattice Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Cedar - Split

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Cedar Root, Cedar - Split

Twined Construction Notes

The weft slant changes direction with each row.