Storage basket
Dateearly 20th century
Label TextUtility baskets were used for holding fish, eels, seeds, acorns, nuts and tubers.
Parallelogram designs, called “ladders,” refer to the cuts made in sturdy logs that serve as entry into semi-subterranean pit houses.
Object number86.96
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Double Exposure: Edward S. Curtis, Marianne Nicolson, Tracy Rector, Will Wilson, June 4 – Sept. 9, 2018Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg
Dimensions10 x 12 1/2 in. (25.4 x 31.8 cm)
MediumRedwood root, bear grass, maidenhair fern
Object number: 81.17.1319
Object number: 81.17.1318
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