Storage basket

early 20th century

Utility 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.

Redwood root, bear grass, maidenhair fern

10 x 12 1/2 in. (25.4 x 31.8 cm)

Gift of John H. Hauberg

86.96

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Double Exposure: Edward S. Curtis, Marianne Nicolson, Tracy Rector, Will Wilson, June 4 – Sept. 9, 2018

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