Haida Dog Salmon Egg Basket

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Haida Dog Salmon Egg Basket

Description

Beautiful Haida basket made by well known weaver Eliasica Timmerman. It was awarded "Honorable Mention" at the Arizona Indian Basketweavers Gathering and Market at the Heard Museum in 2000.

Made/Created

Artist

Eliasica Timmerman

Date made

2000

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Haida

Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Diameter

6-7/8 in

Material

Cedar Bark, Bear Grass

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Knotted

Twined Finish

Self binding, 90° angle

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Cedar Bark

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Diagonal or crossed arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Cedar Bark

Weft Slant

S Slant (up to left)

Twined Construction Notes

The bear grass design stitches slant up to the right (z).