basket

basket

Nootka plain twined basket of Puget Sound, Washington and British Columbia. The Nootka tribe. The twining it plain throughout with the exception of base of the base which is plaited with cedar bark. The rest is grass with single strand bear grass (aniline). It may have had a lid but there is no lid now.
  • Object: basket
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: -
  • Dimensions: 4-1/4" long 3-1/4" diameter 2-1/2" height
  • Culture Area: Northwest Coast
  • Cultural Group: Nootka
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Sonoma County Historical Society
  • Catalog #: 85.099