Cooking Basket

Description: 

William Manning organized his collection by categories listing this basket in the category: Hard Weave Baskets and noting its origin as "Spokane Indians." Source: Accession record 1, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 1926 W. M. Manning Indian Collection inventory. Oval, rigid, coiled, bundle construction, gathering basket. Braided, lobelled rim broken in some places. Imbricated, geometric design barely visible. Slightly curved sides flare from narrower base. Buckskin loops near rim. height: 8 3/4"; width at widest point: 7 3/4"