BASKET

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

BASKET

Entry/Object ID

143/4515

Description

COILED/BUNDLE FOUNDATION/GEO DES/HUMAN FIGURES AND YARN WOVEN INTO DESIGN RIM SLIGHTLY DAMAGED/LOOPS ON RIM/FROM BURNSIDE COLLECTION/ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THIS COLLECTION

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1895

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Washington

Culture/Tribe

Klickitat

Native American

Notes

The ethnonym Klikitat is said to derive from a Chinookan word meaning "beyond," in reference to the Rocky Mountains. The Klickitat, however, call themselves Qwû'lh-hwai-pûm or χwálχwaypam, meaning "prairie people" (X̣ʷáɬx̣ʷaypam).

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Diameter

12 in

Parts

Count

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

Chapman Bay

State/Province

Washington