Large Interior Salish Basket

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Large Interior Salish Basket

Description

Large sort of half-round (flat on the back side, rounded on the front) imbricated basket with six ziz-zag designs stepping from the base up to the rim, in white bear grass, with each zig zag outlined with red cherry bark or black cherry bark.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Cascades and Plateau

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Interior Salish

First Nation, Native American

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

8-3/4 in

Length

14-3/8 in

Material

Cedar - Split, Spruce Root, Cherry Bark, Horsetail Rush, Bear Grass, Cherry Bark - Dyed

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Slat

Coiled Start Material

Cedar - Split, Spruce Root

Coiled Finish Type

Overcast Whipstitch

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, Horsetail Rush, Cherry Bark - Dyed

Stitch Details

Regularly Split, Interlocking, Regularly Bifurcated

Stitch End

Clipped