Interior Salish Basket

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Interior Salish Basket

Description

Thompson River or Lillooet Interior Salish nice round basket with red crossover t- shaped designs imbricated with dyed cherry bark.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Cascades and Plateau

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Interior Salish

First Nation, Native American

Dimensions

Height

6-3/8 in

Diameter

7-5/8 in

Material

Cedar - Split, Spruce Root, Cherry Bark

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Slat

Coiled Start Material

Cedar - Split, Spruce Root

Coiled Finish Type

False Braid

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

One Splint

Coiled Foundation Material

Cedar - Split

Coil Direction

Right

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Spruce Root

Design Stitch Material

Cherry Bark

Stitch Details

Regularly Split, Interlocking, Regularly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped

Coiled Contruction Notes

Start is comprised of a series of slats stitched together in a circular shape, with the first coil of the basket sewn on around it.