Storage Basket

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Description: 

Bowl shape, red brown cedar bark warp and weft. Twined, four rows to the inch 2 1/2 stitches to the inch. Warp ends turned to inside and secured by weft twining., height: 5 1/4"; Width at Top: 10 1/4", William Manning organized his collection by categories listing this basket in the category: Medium Hard Weave and noting its origin as Colville Indians. Source: Accession record 1, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 1926 W. M. Manning Indian Collection inventory.

Community: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Protocol: 
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Public Access, Colville Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Original Date Description: 
1906-1916
Creator: 
Colville-Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Maker, Northern Plateau-Interior Salish, culture group
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Copyright for permission to reproduce Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society Spokane, Washington
Source: 
AI Collection
Publisher: 
EWSHS/MAC
Identifier: 
MAC_512
Subject: 
Plateau, Colville, Storage (Tools & Equipment->Container), Craft (Tools & Equipment)
Type: 
Image
Format: 
JPEG
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Cultural Narrative: 

This is cedar bark not coiled, the band is twined like you do sally bags and the twine goes down. Elaine Emerson

Title: 
Storage Basket
Community: 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Protocol: 
Colville Community Public Access
Category: 
Artistry and Artifacts
Keywords: 
basket, cedar, twine
Contributor: 
Elaine Emerson
Identifier: 
MAC_512_COL